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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: cryoenvironments; prokaryotic diversity; prokaryotic abundance; microbial metabolic activities; predictive functional profiling; Antarctic lakes’ brines; Antarctic; Tarn Flat; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d13070323

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...