Viable microbes in ice: Application of molecular assays to McMurdo Dry Valley lake ice communities

• Main Authors: Dieser, Markus, Nocker, Andreas, Priscu, John C., Foreman, Christine M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Bonney; Fryxell; Hoare; Lake Bonney; Lake Fryxell; Lake Hoare; Antarc*; Antarctic Science; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/13115

The permanent ice covers of the McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica, are colonized by a diverse microbial assemblage. We collected ice cores from Lakes Fryxell, Hoare and Bonney. Propidium monoazide (PMA) was used in combination with quantitative PCR (qPCR) and denaturing gradient gel electrophores...