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Biodiversity of cryopegs in permafrost.
FEMS microbiology ecology - 1 Jun 2005
Gilichinsky David, Rivkina Elizaveta, Bakermans Corien, Shcherbakova Viktoria, Petrovskaya Lada, Ozerskaya Svetlana, Ivanushkina Natalia, Kochkina Galina, Laurinavichuis Kyastus, Pecheritsina Svetlana, Fattakhova Rushania, Tiedje James M
Abstract excerpt
This study describes the biodiversity of the indigenous microbial community in the sodium-chloride water brines (cryopegs) derived from ancient marine sediments and sandwiched within permafrost 100-120,000 years ago after the Arctic Ocean regression. Cryopegs remain liquid at the in situ temperature of -9 to -11 degrees C and make up the only habitat on the Earth that is characterized by permanently subzero...
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