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A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet

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  • Brent C. Christner

    (Louisiana State University)

  • John C. Priscu

    (Montana State University)

  • Amanda M. Achberger

    (Louisiana State University)

  • Carlo Barbante

    (Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes – CNR, Venice, Informatics and Statistics, Ca′Foscari University of Venice, Venice 30123, Italy)

  • Sasha P. Carter

    (Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego)

  • Knut Christianson

    (St Olaf College
    Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.)

  • Alexander B. Michaud

    (Montana State University)

  • Jill A. Mikucki

    (University of Tennessee)

  • Andrew C. Mitchell

    (Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth SY23 3DB, UK)

  • Mark L. Skidmore

    (Montana State University)

  • Trista J. Vick-Majors

    (Montana State University)

Abstract

There has been active debate over microbial life in Antarctic subglacial lakes owing to a paucity of direct observations from beneath the ice sheet and concerns about contamination in the samples that do exist; here the authors present the first geomicrobiological description of pristine water and surficial sediments from Subglacial Lake Whillans, and show that the lake water contains a diverse microbial community, many members of which are closely related to chemolithoautotrophic bacteria and archaea.

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  • Brent C. Christner & John C. Priscu & Amanda M. Achberger & Carlo Barbante & Sasha P. Carter & Knut Christianson & Alexander B. Michaud & Jill A. Mikucki & Andrew C. Mitchell & Mark L. Skidmore & Tris, 2014. "A microbial ecosystem beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet," Nature, Nature, vol. 512(7514), pages 310-313, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:512:y:2014:i:7514:d:10.1038_nature13667
    DOI: 10.1038/nature13667
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    1. Anzhou Ma & Jiejie Zhang & Guohua Liu & Xuliang Zhuang & Guoqiang Zhuang, 2022. "Cryosphere Microbiome Biobanks for Mountain Glaciers in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-18, March.
    2. Gavin Piccione & Terrence Blackburn & Slawek Tulaczyk & E. Troy Rasbury & Mathis P. Hain & Daniel E. Ibarra & Katharina Methner & Chloe Tinglof & Brandon Cheney & Paul Northrup & Kathy Licht, 2022. "Subglacial precipitates record Antarctic ice sheet response to late Pleistocene millennial climate cycles," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-14, December.

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