Source Environments of the Microbiome in Perennially Ice-Covered Lake Untersee, Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Klemens Weisleitner, Alexandra Perras, Christine Moissl-Eichinger, Dale T. Andersen, Birgit Sattler
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: Lake Untersee; 16S rRNA; Antarctica; Anuchin Glacier; cryoconite holes; transfer of biota; Microbiology; QR1-502; East Antarctica; Austral; Untersee; Queen Maud Land; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01019; https://doaj.org/article/4084254547f14fa8ba4dc742bad96d5e

Ultra-oligotrophic Lake Untersee is among the largest and deepest surface lakes of Central Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica. It is dammed at its north end by the Anuchin Glacier and the ice-cover dynamics are controlled by sublimation — not melt — as the dominating ablation process and therefore s...