Chemoorganotrophic Bacteria From Lake Fryxell, Antarctica, Including Pseudomonas Strain LFY10, a Cold-Adapted, Halotolerant Bacterium Useful in Teaching Labs

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Jennifer M. Baker, Nicole A. Vander Schaaf, Anna M. G. Cunningham, Anna C. Hang, Chelsea L. Reeves, Emily R. Huffman, Carli J. Riester, Michael T. Madigan, W. Matthew Sattley
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: Antarctica; Lake Fryxell; McMurdo Dry Valleys; chemoorganotroph; psychrotolerant; halotolerant; Microbiology; QR1-502; Fryxell; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00156; https://doaj.org/article/71d11a18b95b484ca5b21806431b9cd9

Lake Fryxell, situated in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, is an intriguing aquatic ecosystem because of its perennial ice cover, highly stratified water column, and extreme physicochemical conditions, which collectively restrict lake biodiversity to solely microbial forms. To expand our curre...