Frozen Zoo: a collection of permafrost samples containing viable protists and their viruses

• Published in: Biodiversity Data Journal
• Main Authors: Malavin, Stas, Shmakova, Lyubov, Claverie, Jean-Michel, Rivkina, Elizaveta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020
• Subjects: Permafrost; microbiology collection; protists; giant viruses; Pushchino; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e51586

Permafrost, frozen ground cemented with ice, occupies about a quarter of the Earth's hard surface and reaches up to 1000 metres depth. Due to constant subzero temperatures, permafrost represents a unique record of past epochs, whenever it comes to accumulated methane, oxygen isotope ratio or st...