Comparison of Microbial Communities in the Sediments and Water Columns of Frozen Cryoconite Holes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Sommers, Pacifica, Darcy, John L., Porazinska, Dorota L., Gendron, Eli M. S., Fountain, Andrew G., Zamora, Felix, Vincent, Kim, Cawley, Kaelin M., Solon, Adam J., Vimercati, Lara, Ryder, Jenna, Schmidt, Steven K.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: Microbiology; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6369369/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30778338; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00065

Although cryoconite holes, sediment-filled melt holes on glacier surfaces, appear small and homogenous, their microbial inhabitants may be spatially partitioned. This partitioning could be particularly important for maintaining biodiversity in holes that remain isolated for many years, such as in An...