Subglacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica) accretion ice contains a diverse set of sequences from aquatic, marine and sediment-inhabiting bacteria and eukarya.

Lake Vostok, the 7(th) largest (by volume) and 4(th) deepest lake on Earth, is covered by more than 3,700 m of ice, making it the largest subglacial lake known. The combination of cold, heat (from possible hydrothermal activity), pressure (from the overriding glacier), limited nutrients and complete...

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Main Authors: Yury M Shtarkman, Zeynep A Koçer, Robyn Edgar, Ram S Veerapaneni, Tom D'Elia, Paul F Morris, Scott O Rogers
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/00b4e0ce474f43768dd2d1df6adf8f30
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