Data from: A submersible, off-axis holographic microscope for detection of microbial motility and morphology in aqueous and icy environments

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: Lindensmith, Christian A., Rider, Stephanie, Bedrossian, Manuel, Wallace, J. Kent, Serabyn, Eugene, Showalter, Gordon M., Deming, Jody W., Nadeau, Jay L.
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Life sciences; medicine and health care; Greenland; Nuuk; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-21-c6ja; https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:92181

Sea ice is an analog environment for several of astrobiology’s near-term targets: Mars, Europa, Enceladus, and perhaps other Jovian or Saturnian moons. Microorganisms, both eukaryotic and prokaryotic, remain active within brine channels inside the ice, making it unnecessary to penetrate through to l...