Niche specialization of bacteria in permanently ice-covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Kwon, Miye, Kim, Mincheol, Takacs-Vesbach, Cristina, Lee, Jaejin, Hong, Soon Gyu, Kim, Sang Jong, Priscu, John C., Kim, Ok-Sun
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Antarctic; Bonney; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; Lake Miers; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.montana.edu/xmlui/handle/1/13601

Perennially ice-covered lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, are chemically stratified with depth and have distinct biological gradients. Despite long-term research on these unique environments, data on the structure of the microbial communities in the water columns of these lakes are scarc...