Isolation and Characterization of Halophilic Heterotrophic Bacteria from Lake Vanda, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Main Author: Tregoning, George Seibert
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: OpenSIUC 2010
• Subjects: Antarctica; Chromohalobacter; Halophiles; Lake Vanda; McMurdo; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Vanda; Antarc*; polar desert
• Online Access: https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/395; https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1402&context=theses

Lake Vanda is a meromictic, permanently ice-covered lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a polar desert in Southern Victorialand Antarctica. This area experiences very little rainfall and very cold average temperatures, around –20°C. Lake Vanda has an unusual limnological pro...