First Insights into the Microbiology of Three Antarctic Briny Systems of the Northern Victoria Land

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Maria Papale, Carmen Rizzo, Gabriella Caruso, Rosabruna La Ferla, Giovanna Maimone, Angelina Lo Giudice, Maurizio Azzaro, Mauro Guglielmin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021
• Subjects: cryoenvironments; prokaryotic diversity; prokaryotic abundance; microbial metabolic activities; predictive functional profiling; Antarctic lakes’ brines; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; Victoria Land; Tarn Flat; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d13070323; https://doaj.org/article/008c1dab7a594f67ab351b7cbdec8e5f

Different polar environments (lakes and glaciers), also in Antarctica, encapsulate brine pools characterized by a unique combination of extreme conditions, mainly in terms of high salinity and low temperature. Since 2014, we have been focusing our attention on the microbiology of brine pockets from...