Diversity and function of sulfur cycling microorganisms in sediments from Subglacial Lake Whillans, Antarctica

• Main Author: Purcell, Alicia Marie
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange 2014
• Subjects: Antarctica; subglacial microbial ecosystems; sulfate reduction; sulfur oxidation; diversity; Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; West Antarctic Ice Sheet; Whillans; Antarc*; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/3172; https://trace.tennessee.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4217&context=utk_gradthes

There is a growing consensus that metabolically and phylogenetically diverse assemblages of microorganisms mediate subglacial nutrient and elemental cycling. Subglacial Lake Whillans (SLW), located under 801 m of glacial ice, was recently penetrated using environmentally clean protocols. SLW is a pe...