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

• Main Authors: Lindensmith, Christian A., Rider, Stephanie, Bedrossian, Manuel, Wallace, J. Kent, Serabyn, Eugene, Showalter, Gordon M., Deming, Jody W., Nadeau, Jay L.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2017
• Subjects: Astrobiology; Sea ice; motility; marine microorganisms; Holocene; Greenland; Kobbefjord; Nuuk
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.rc63v; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.rc63v

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...