A novel Antarctic microbial endolithic community within gypsum crusts

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Hughes, Kevin A., Lawley, Blair
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell 2003
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Alexander Island; Two Step Cliffs; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17664/; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00439.x/abstract

A novel endolithic microbial habitat is described from a climatically extreme site at Two Step Cliffs, Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula (71°54′S, 68°13′W). Small endolithic colonies (<3 mm in diameter) are found within the translucent gypsum crust that forms on the surface of sandstone bould...