Microbial life at -13°C in the brine of an ice-sealed Antarctic lake

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 50, 2012, Pages 20626-20631

  Murray, Alison E ^a   Kenig, Fabien ^b   Fritsen, Christian H ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^c   Cawley, Kaelin M ^d,l   Edwards, Ross ^e   Kuhn, Emanuele ^a   McKnight, Diane M ^d   Ostrom, Nathaniel E ^f   Peng, Vivian ^a   Ponce, Adrian ^g   Priscu, John C ^h   Samarkin, Vladimir ⁱ   Townsend, Ashley T ^j   Wagh, Protima ^a   Young, Seth A ^k   Yung, Pung To ^g   Doran, Peter T ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^k INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Astrobiology; Extreme environment; Geomicrobiology; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; HYDROGEN; METAL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITY; ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY RESOURCE; HABITAT; ICE AGE; LAKE; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PH; PHYLOGENY; POLAR ICE CAP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ROCK; SEA; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; COLD CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; ICE; LAKES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84870879785     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1208607109     Document Type: Article

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