Entirely Off-Grid and Solar-Powered DNA Sequencing of Microbial Communities during an Ice Cap Traverse Expedition

• Published in: Genes
• Main Authors: Glen-Oliver. F. Gowers, Oliver Vince, John-Henry Charles, Ingeborg Klarenberg, Tom Ellis, Arwyn Edwards
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: metagenomics; nanopore; polar; expedition; microbial sequencing; Vatnajökull; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10110902

Microbial communities in remote locations remain under-studied. This is particularly true on glaciers and icecaps, which cover approximately 11% of the Earth’s surface. The principal reason for this is the inaccessibility of most of these areas due to their extreme isolation and challenging environm...