| Range |
1,000 to 30,000 microbial cells/ml
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| Organism |
Microbes |
| Reference |
Price PB, Sowers T. Temperature dependence of metabolic rates for microbial growth, maintenance, and survival. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Mar 30 101(13):4631-6. p.4631 right column 3rd paragraphPubMed ID15070769
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| Primary Source |
Priscu JC et al., Geomicrobiology of subglacial ice above Lake Vostok, Antarctica. Science. 1999 Dec 10 286(5447):2141-4.PubMed ID10591642
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| Comments |
Priscu et al. (primary source) reported 10^3 to 3?10^4 microbial cells per
milliliter in samples of accretion ice (refrozen from subglacial
Lake Vostok water below the overlying glacial ice) at a depth
of 3,590 m in an ice core from Vostok Station, Antarctica and
Karl et al. (ref 3) detected 200 to 300 per milliliter at 3,603 m. The
high concentration was in a region containing rock fragments,
and the low concentration was in ice without fragments. |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
108046 |