Environmental Microbiology (2001) 3(9), 570–577 Isolation of bacteria and 16S rDNAs from Lake Vostok accretion ice

• Main Authors: Brent C. Christner, Ellen Mosley-thompson, Lonnie G. Thompson, John N. Reeve
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Lake Vostok; Antarc*; Antarctica; ice core
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.566.3712; http://salegos-scar.montana.edu/docs/Literaturedocs/Bacteriaisolates/Bacteriaisolates.pdf

Lake Vostok, the largest subglacial lake in Antarctica, is separated from the surface by < 4 km of glacial ice. It has been isolated from direct surface input for at least 420 000 years, and the possibility of a novel environment and ecosystem therefore exists. Lake Vostok water has not been samp...