Niche specialization of bacteria in permanently ice‐covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Kwon, Miye, Kim, Mincheol, Takacs‐Vesbach, Cristina, Lee, Jaejin, Hong, Soon Gyu, Kim, Sang Jong, Priscu, John C, Kim, Ok‐Sun
• Other Authors: Korea Polar Research Institute
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13721; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1462-2920.13721; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/1462-2920.13721/fullpdf

Summary Perennially ice‐covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, are chemically stratified with depth and have distinct biological gradients. Despite long‐term research on these unique environments, data on the structure of the microbial communities in the water columns of these lakes a...