First insights into the microbiology of three antarctic briny systems of the northern Victoria land

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Papale M., Rizzo C., Caruso G., La Ferla R., Maimone G., Lo Giudice A., Azzaro M., Guglielmin M.
• Other Authors: Papale, M., Rizzo, C., Caruso, G., La Ferla, R., Maimone, G., Lo Giudice, A., Azzaro, M., Guglielmin, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Antarctic lakes’ brine; Cryoenvironment; Microbial metabolic activitie; Predictive functional profiling; Prokaryotic abundance; Prokaryotic diversity; Antarctic; Tarn Flat; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11383/2151871; https://doi.org/10.3390/d13070323

Different polar environments (lakes and glaciers), also in Antarctica, encapsulate brine pools characterized by a unique combination of extreme conditions, mainly in terms of high salinity and low temperature. Since 2014, we have been focusing our attention on the microbiology of brine pockets from...