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Geomicrobiology of Subglacial Ice Above Lake Vostok, Antarctica
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Data from ice 3590 meters below Vostok Station indicate that the ice was accreted from liquid water associated with Lake Vostok. Microbes were observed at concentrations ranging from 2.8 × 10 3 to 3.6 × 10 4 cells per milliliter; no biological incorporation of selected organic substrates or bicarbonate was detected. Bacterial 16 S ribosomal DNA genes revealed low diversity in the gene population. The phylotypes were closely related to extant members of the alpha - and beta - Proteobacteria and the Actinomycetes. Extrapolation of the data from accretion ice to Lake Vostok implies that Lake Vostok may support a microbial population, despite more than 10 6 years of isolation from the atmosphere.
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- Authors
- Priscu, J. C., Adams, E. E., Lyons, W. B., Voytek, M. A., Mogk, D. W., Brown, R. L., McKay, C. P., Takacs, C. D., Welch, K. A., Wolf, C. F., Kirshtein, J. D., & Avci, R.
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- 1999-12-10
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- 286
- Issue
- 5447
- Pages
- 2141-2144
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W2122206933
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- 415
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- 18.23
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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