Source Environments of the Microbiome in Perennially Ice-Covered Lake Untersee, Antarctica

Source Environments of the Microbiome in Perennially Ice-Covered Lake Untersee, Antarctica

Ultra-oligotrophic Lake Untersee is among the largest and deepest surface lakes of Central Queen Maud Land in East Antarctica. It is dammed at its north end by the Anuchin Glacier and the ice-cover dynamics are controlled by sublimation — not melt — as the dominating ablation process and therefore s...

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Main Authors: Klemens Weisleitner, Alexandra Perras, Christine Moissl-Eichinger, Dale T. Andersen, Birgit Sattler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Lake Untersee
16S rRNA
Antarctica
Anuchin Glacier
cryoconite holes
transfer of biota
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01019/full

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