Heterotrophic Microbiota from the Oligotrophic Waters of Lake Vostok, Antarctica

• Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Main Authors: Ekaterina Y. Epova, Alexei B. Shevelev, Ramazan M. Akbayev, Yulia K. Biryukova, Marina V. Zylkova, Elena S. Bogdanova, Marina A. Guseva, Yaroslav Y. Tynio, Vladislav V. Egorov
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Antarctica; lake; fresh water; microbiota; 16S rDNA; chemoorganotrophs; Microbacterium testaceum; Microbacterium trichothecenolyticum; Brevundimonas diminuta; Sphingomonas oligophenolica; Sphingomonas; Sphingobium limneticum; Dendryphion; Cladosporium fusiforme; Lake Vostok; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074025

Lake Vostok is the deepest lake of Antarctica but has poor accessibility for study due to a thick glacial cover, however, water samples of this lake have become available for study just recently. Previously, only the microbiome of the ice cover samples was characterized. Here we report results of ba...