Microbial communities in the subglacial waters of the Vatnajökull ice cap, Iceland

• Published in: The ISME Journal
• Main Authors: Thór Marteinsson, Viggó, Rúnarsson, Árni, Stefánsson, Andri, Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn, Jóhannesson, Tómas, Magnússon, Sveinn H, Reynisson, Eyjólfur, Einarsson, Bergur, Wade, Nicole, Morrison, Hilary G, Gaidos, Eric
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2013
• Subjects: Original Article; Vatnajökull; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3554413; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22975882; https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2012.97

Subglacial lakes beneath the Vatnajökull ice cap in Iceland host endemic communities of microorganisms adapted to cold, dark and nutrient-poor waters, but the mechanisms by which these microbes disseminate under the ice and colonize these lakes are unknown. We present new data on this subglacial mic...