Phototrophic microbes form endolithic biofilms in ikaite tufa columns (SW Greenland)

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Trampe, Erik, Castenholz, Richard W., Larsen, Jens E. N., Kühl, Michael
• Other Authors: Carlsberg Foundation
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Greenland; Ikka
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13940; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1462-2920.13940; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/1462-2920.13940/fullpdf

Summary Marine tufa‐columns, formed by the hydrated carbonate mineral ikaite, present a unique alkaline microbial habitat only found in Ikka Fjord (SW‐Greenland). The outermost parts of the ikaite columns exhibit a multitude of physico‐chemical gradients, and the porous ikaite is colonized by endoli...