Genetic analysis of the frozen microbiome at 7900 m a.s.l., on the South Col of Sagarmatha (Mount Everest)

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• Journal Title:
  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
• Personal Author:
  Dragone, Nicholas B. ; Perry, L. Baker ; Solon, Adam J. ; Seimon, Anton ; Seimon, Tracie A. ; Schmidt, Steven K.
• NOAA Program & Office:
  CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
• Description:
  Microbial communities in alpine environments >7,500 m.a.s.l. have not been well studied using modern cultivation-independent sequencing approaches due to the challenges and danger asso - ciated with reaching such high elevations. For this reason, we know little about the microorganisms found in sediments on Earth’s tallest mountains, how they reach these surfaces, and how they survive and remain active at such extreme elevations. Here, we explore the microbial diversity recovered from three sediment samples collected from the South Col (~7,900 m.a.s.l.) of
• Keywords:
  • Earth-Surface Processes
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
• Source:
  Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 55(1)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2023.2164999
• ISSN:
  1523-0430 ; 1938-4246
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  Informa UK Limited
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• License:
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Rights Information:
  CC BY
• Compliance:
  Library
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/53034/noaa_53034_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.90 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NOAA Cooperative Institutes
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:338f82e803df860f9b18c2d51cfa9b7af360aae029274b0aaa8fbefd6b74c886