Entirely Off-Grid and Solar-Powered DNA Sequencing of Microbial Communities during an Ice Cap Traverse Expedition

• Published in: Genes
• Main Authors: Gowers, Glen-Oliver. F., Vince, Oliver, Charles, John-Henry, Klarenberg, Ingeborg, Ellis, Tom, Edwards, Arwyn
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2019
• Subjects: Article; Vatnajökull; Ice cap; Iceland
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896169/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31703372; https://doi.org/10.3390/genes10110902

Microbial communities in remote locations remain under-studied. This is particularly true on glaciers and icecaps, which cover approximately 11% of the Earth’s surface. The principal reason for this is the inaccessibility of most of these areas due to their extreme isolation and challenging environm...