Publication Date:
1998-06-26
Description:
The permanent ice covers of Antarctic lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys develop liquid water inclusions in response to solar heating of internal aeolian-derived sediments. The ice sediment particles serve as nutrient (inorganic and organic)-enriched microzones for the establishment of a physiologically and ecologically complex microbial consortium capable of contemporaneous photosynthesis, nitrogen fixation, and decomposition. The consortium is capable of physically and chemically establishing and modifying a relatively nutrient- and organic matter-enriched microbial "oasis" embedded in the lake ice cover.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Priscu, J C -- Fritsen, C H -- Adams, E E -- Giovannoni, S J -- Paerl, H W -- McKay, C P -- Doran, P T -- Gordon, D A -- Lanoil, B D -- Pinckney, J L -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1998 Jun 26;280(5372):2095-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Biological Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA. 59717, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9641910" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Antarctic Regions
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Bacteria/*growth & development/metabolism
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Carbon/metabolism
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Carbon Dioxide/metabolism
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Cyanobacteria/genetics/growth & development/metabolism
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*Ecosystem
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Exobiology
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Geologic Sediments/*microbiology
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*Ice
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Jupiter
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Mars
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Nitrogen Fixation
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Photosynthesis
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Phylogeny
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RNA, Bacterial/genetics
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RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
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*Water Microbiology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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