Microstructural Characterization of Cyanobacterial Mats from the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: de los Ríos, Asunción, Ascaso, Carmen, Wierzchos, Jacek, Fernández-Valiente, Eduardo, Quesada, Antonio
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
• Subjects: Environmental Microbiology; Antarctic; McMurdo Ice Shelf; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC321274; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14711689; https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.70.1.569-580.2004

The three-dimensional structures of two types of cyanobacterium-dominated microbial mats from meltwater ponds on the McMurdo Ice Shelf were as determined by using a broad suite of complementary techniques, including optical and fluorescence microscopy, confocal scanning laser microscopy, scanning el...