Bipolar Investigation Of Near-surface Glacial Ice Reveals An Active Microbial Ecosystem Driven By Photosynthesis And Chemolithoautotrophy

Despite extreme conditions including freezing temperatures, low water activity, and few nutrients, active microorganisms are thought to inhabit glacial ice, yet little is known about their identities and methods of survival. We used flow cytometry, cultivation, metagenomics, and metatranscriptomics to characterize viable and active microbial communities from near-surface englacial ice from White Glacier in the [...] The post Bipolar Investigation Of Near-surface Glacial Ice Reveals An Active Mic