Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet
Summary Subglacial environments, particularly those that lie beneath polar ice sheets, are beginning to be recognized as an important part of Earth's biosphere. However, except for indirect indications of microbial assemblages in subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, no sub‐ice sheet environments...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01831.x 2024-06-23T07:47:22+00:00 Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet Lanoil, Brian Skidmore, Mark Priscu, John C. Han, Sukkyun Foo, Wilson Vogel, Stefan W. Tulaczyk, Slawek Engelhardt, Hermann 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01831.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1462-2920.2008.01831.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01831.x/fullpdf en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Environmental Microbiology volume 11, issue 3, page 609-615 ISSN 1462-2912 1462-2920 journal-article 2009 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01831.x 2024-06-04T06:43:49Z Summary Subglacial environments, particularly those that lie beneath polar ice sheets, are beginning to be recognized as an important part of Earth's biosphere. However, except for indirect indications of microbial assemblages in subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, no sub‐ice sheet environments have been shown to support microbial ecosystems. Here we report 16S rRNA gene and isolate diversity in sediments collected from beneath the Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctic Ice Sheet and stored for 15 months at 4°C. This is the first report of microbes in samples from the sediment environment beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The cells were abundant (∼10 7 cells g −1 ) but displayed low diversity (only five phylotypes), likely as a result of enrichment during storage. Isolates were cold tolerant and the 16S rRNA gene diversity was a simplified version of that found in subglacial alpine and Arctic sediments and water. Although in situ cell abundance and the extent of wet sediments beneath the Antarctic ice sheet can only be roughly extrapolated on the basis of this sample, it is clear that the subglacial ecosystem contains a significant and previously unrecognized pool of microbial cells and associated organic carbon that could potentially have significant implications for global geochemical processes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Ice Sheet Kamb Ice Stream Wiley Online Library Antarctic Arctic Kamb Ice Stream ENVELOPE(-145.000,-145.000,-82.250,-82.250) Lake Vostok ENVELOPE(106.000,106.000,-77.500,-77.500) The Antarctic West Antarctic Ice Sheet Environmental Microbiology 11 3 609 615 |
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Summary Subglacial environments, particularly those that lie beneath polar ice sheets, are beginning to be recognized as an important part of Earth's biosphere. However, except for indirect indications of microbial assemblages in subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica, no sub‐ice sheet environments have been shown to support microbial ecosystems. Here we report 16S rRNA gene and isolate diversity in sediments collected from beneath the Kamb Ice Stream, West Antarctic Ice Sheet and stored for 15 months at 4°C. This is the first report of microbes in samples from the sediment environment beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The cells were abundant (∼10 7 cells g −1 ) but displayed low diversity (only five phylotypes), likely as a result of enrichment during storage. Isolates were cold tolerant and the 16S rRNA gene diversity was a simplified version of that found in subglacial alpine and Arctic sediments and water. Although in situ cell abundance and the extent of wet sediments beneath the Antarctic ice sheet can only be roughly extrapolated on the basis of this sample, it is clear that the subglacial ecosystem contains a significant and previously unrecognized pool of microbial cells and associated organic carbon that could potentially have significant implications for global geochemical processes. |
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Lanoil, Brian Skidmore, Mark Priscu, John C. Han, Sukkyun Foo, Wilson Vogel, Stefan W. Tulaczyk, Slawek Engelhardt, Hermann Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Lanoil, Brian Skidmore, Mark Priscu, John C. Han, Sukkyun Foo, Wilson Vogel, Stefan W. Tulaczyk, Slawek Engelhardt, Hermann |
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Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Bacteria beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01831.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1462-2920.2008.01831.x http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01831.x/fullpdf |
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Antarctic Arctic Kamb Ice Stream Lake Vostok The Antarctic West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
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Environmental Microbiology volume 11, issue 3, page 609-615 ISSN 1462-2912 1462-2920 |
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