A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet

• Published in: Nature
• Main Authors: B. C. Christner, J. C. Priscu, A. M. Achberger, S. P. Carter, K. Christianson, A. B. Michaud, J. A. Mikucki, A. C. Mitchell, M. L. Skidmore, Trista J. Vick Majors, BARBANTE, Carlo
• Other Authors: B. C., Christner, J. C., Priscu, A. M., Achberger, Barbante, Carlo, S. P., Carter, K., Christianson, A. B., Michaud, J. A., Mikucki, A. C., Mitchell, M. L., Skidmore, Trista J., Vick Majors
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: ACTIVE RESERVOIR BENEATH; SUBGLACIAL LAKE WHILLANS; DISSOLVED ORGANIC-CARBON; RIBOSOMAL-RNA GENES; DENITRIFIER METHOD; AQUATIC SYSTEMS; STREAM; VOSTOK; THYMIDINE; BACTERIA; Settore CHIM/01 - Chimica Analitica; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; West Antarctica; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Whillans; Whillans Ice Stream; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10278/44005; https://doi.org/10.1038/nature13667

Liquid water has been known to occur beneath the Antarctic ice sheet for more than 40 years, but only recently have these subglacial aqueous environments been recognized as microbial ecosystems that may influence biogeochemical transformations on a global scale. Here we present the first geomicrobio...