Microstructural Characterization of Cyanobacterial Mats from the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Ríos, Asunción de los, Ascaso, Carmen, Wierzchos, Jacek, Fernández-Valiente, Eduardo, Quesada, Antonio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2842; https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.70.1.569-580.2004

The three-dimensional structures of two types of cyanobacterium-dominated microbial mats from meltwater ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf were as determined by using a broad suite of complementary techniques, including optical and fluorescence microscopy, confocal scanning laser microscopy, scanning el...