Microbiological data from basal ice from the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2015-2017
Little is known about the diversity of microorganisms and range of habitable environments that exist beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. Debris-rich basal ice layers are one potential habitat as they reflect interaction with the ice-sheet bed, and the incorporation of basal debris, which can serve as c...
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ftdatacite:10.18739/a2wp9t67j 2023-05-15T16:21:07+02:00 Microbiological data from basal ice from the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2015-2017 Skidmore, Mark 2018 text/xml https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2wp9t67j https://arcticdata.io/catalog/#view/doi:10.18739/A2WP9T67J en eng Arctic Data Center basal ice bacteria viruses Greenland dataset Dataset 2018 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.18739/a2wp9t67j 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z Little is known about the diversity of microorganisms and range of habitable environments that exist beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. Debris-rich basal ice layers are one potential habitat as they reflect interaction with the ice-sheet bed, and the incorporation of basal debris, which can serve as carbon, nutrient and energy sources for microbes. This project characterized microbial (bacterial and viral) properties of basal ice from a number of locations in Greenland. Data on microbial biomass were collected for five basal ice samples from the Greenland Ice Sheet. Four samples were from deep ice cores, NEEM, DYE3 and GISP2 and one sample was from the Grant Land Glacier (GLG). For each ice sample, cell and viral counts were completed and qPCR of bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences were performed. For two samples (GLG and DYE3) activity assays using a range of carbon sources were conducted. This research has broader implications for understanding light independent, cold ecosystems that operate in near isolation for extended periods of time. Dataset glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Land Glacier DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Greenland Land Glacier ENVELOPE(-141.250,-141.250,-75.750,-75.750) |
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Little is known about the diversity of microorganisms and range of habitable environments that exist beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet. Debris-rich basal ice layers are one potential habitat as they reflect interaction with the ice-sheet bed, and the incorporation of basal debris, which can serve as carbon, nutrient and energy sources for microbes. This project characterized microbial (bacterial and viral) properties of basal ice from a number of locations in Greenland. Data on microbial biomass were collected for five basal ice samples from the Greenland Ice Sheet. Four samples were from deep ice cores, NEEM, DYE3 and GISP2 and one sample was from the Grant Land Glacier (GLG). For each ice sample, cell and viral counts were completed and qPCR of bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences were performed. For two samples (GLG and DYE3) activity assays using a range of carbon sources were conducted. This research has broader implications for understanding light independent, cold ecosystems that operate in near isolation for extended periods of time. |
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Microbiological data from basal ice from the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2015-2017 |
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Microbiological data from basal ice from the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2015-2017 |
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Microbiological data from basal ice from the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2015-2017 |
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Microbiological data from basal ice from the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2015-2017 |
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Microbiological data from basal ice from the Greenland Ice Sheet, 2015-2017 |
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microbiological data from basal ice from the greenland ice sheet, 2015-2017 |
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Arctic Data Center |
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2018 |
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https://dx.doi.org/10.18739/a2wp9t67j https://arcticdata.io/catalog/#view/doi:10.18739/A2WP9T67J |
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ENVELOPE(-141.250,-141.250,-75.750,-75.750) |
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Greenland Land Glacier |
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Greenland Land Glacier |
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glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Land Glacier |
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glacier Greenland Ice Sheet Land Glacier |
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