In-Field Implementation of a Recombinant Factor C Assay for the Detection of Lipopolysaccharide as a Biomarker of Extant Life within Glacial Environments

• Published in: Biosensors
• Main Authors: Megan J. Barnett, Jemma L. Wadham, Miriam Jackson, David C. Cullen
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Molecular Diversity Preservation International 2012
• Subjects: lipopolysaccharide; endotoxin; pyrogen; portable life detection; recombinant Factor C; cryosphere; subglacial; Arctic; Engabreen; Norway; glacier; Northern Norway
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/bios2010083

The discovery over the past two decades of viable microbial communities within glaciers has promoted interest in the role of glaciers and ice sheets (the cryosphere) as contributors to subglacial erosion, global biodiversity, and in regulating global biogeochemical cycles. In situ or in-field detect...