Polyphasic Analysis Reveals Potential Petroleum Hydrocarbon Degradation and Biosurfactant Production by Rare Biosphere Thermophilic Bacteria From Deception Island, an Active Antarctic Volcano

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Schultz, Júnia, Argentino, Isabella Campelo Vilardi, Kallies, René, Nunes da Rocha, Ulisses, Rosado, Alexandre Soares
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
• Subjects: Microbiology; Antarctic; Deception Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9114708/; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.885557

Extreme temperature gradients in polar volcanoes are capable of selecting different types of extremophiles. Deception Island is a marine stratovolcano located in maritime Antarctica. The volcano has pronounced temperature gradients over very short distances, from as high as 100°C in the fumaroles to...