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: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: astrobiology; sea ice; motility; marine microorganisms; algae; diatoms; bacteria; Greenland; Nuuk; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.106301; https://doi.org/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...