Chemoorganotrophic Bacteria From Lake Fryxell, Antarctica, Including Pseudomonas Strain LFY10, a Cold-Adapted, Halotolerant Bacterium Useful in Teaching Labs

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Baker, Jennifer M., Vander Schaaf, Nicole A., Cunningham, Anna M. G., Hang, Anna C., Reeves, Chelsea L., Huffman, Emily R., Riester, Carli J., Madigan, Michael T., Sattley, W. Matthew
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: Microbiology; Fryxell; Lake Fryxell; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6372545/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00156

Lake Fryxell, situated in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, is an intriguing aquatic ecosystem because of its perennial ice cover, highly stratified water column, and extreme physicochemical conditions, which collectively restrict lake biodiversity to solely microbial forms. To expand our curre...