Cultivable Bacterial Communities in Brines from Perennially Ice-Covered and Pristine Antarctic Lakes: Ecological and Biotechnological Implications

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: Carmen Rizzo, Antonella Conte, Maurizio Azzaro, Maria Papale, Alessandro C. Rappazzo, Dario Battistel, Marco Roman, Angelina Lo Giudice, Mauro Guglielmin
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: brine lenses; Antarctic cultivable bacteria; contaminants; bioprospecting; Antarctic; Victoria Land; Tarn Flat; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8060819

The diversity and biotechnological potentialities of bacterial isolates from brines of three Antarctic lakes of the Northern Victoria Land (namely Boulder Clay and Tarn Flat areas) were first explored. Cultivable bacterial communities were analysed mainly in terms of bacterial response to contaminan...