Novel sulfur-oxidizing streamers thriving in a perennial cold saline springs of the Canadian high Arctic

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Niederberger, Thomas D., Perreault, Nancy N., Lawrence, John R., Nadeau, Jay L., Mielke, Randall E., Greer, Charles W., Andersen, Dale T., Whyte, Lyle G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: environmental; Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Colour Peak; Gypsum Hill; Heiberg; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01833.x; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/accepted/?id=19581168-ca36-4ff0-ae41-26851e79bfe7; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/object/?id=19581168-ca36-4ff0-ae41-26851e79bfe7; https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/fra/voir/objet/?id=19581168-ca36-4ff0-ae41-26851e79bfe7

The perennial springs at Gypsum Hill (GH) and Colour Peak (CP), situated at nearly 80°N on Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian high Arctic, are one of the few known examples of cold springs in thick permafrost on Earth. The springs emanate from deep saline aquifers and discharge cold anoxic brines r...