Bacterial community structure of microbial pinnacles in ice-covered Lake Vanda, Antarctica

• Published in: Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Main Authors: Christen L. Grettenberger, Dawn Y. Sumner, Kate Wall, Ian Hawes, Tyler Mackey, Anne D. Jungblut
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023
• Subjects: Antarctic; microbial ecology; biofilms; 16S rRNA; Environmental sciences; GE1-350; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Antarc*; Antarctic and Alpine Research; Antarctica; Arctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2023.2276578; https://doaj.org/article/9b05e71983a0487e85517fc67df7bdc0

ABSTRACTThe McMurdo Dry Valleys are a cold and arid environment with low biomass relative to most ice-free environments. The ice-covered lakes in the valleys, however, provide a refuge for diverse microbial communities where liquid water persists year-round. Within these lakes, benthic microbial ass...