First report on antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial activity of bacterial isolates from 13,000-year old cave ice core

VI Paun, P Lavin, MC Chifiriuc, C Purcarea - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Despite the unique physiology and metabolic pathways of microbiomes from cold
environments providing key evolutionary insights and promising leads for discovering new …

[HTML][HTML] Microbial communities associated with Antarctic snow pack and their biogeochemical implications

R Antony, A Sanyal, N Kapse, PK Dhakephalkar… - Microbiological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Snow ecosystems represent a large part of the Earth's biosphere and harbour diverse
microbial communities. Despite our increased knowledge of snow microbial communities …

A broad temperature active lipase purified from a psychrotrophic bacterium of sikkim himalaya with potential application in detergent formulation

A Kumar, S Mukhia, N Kumar, V Acharya… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial lipases with activity spanning over a broad temperature and substrate range have
several industrial applications. An efficient enzyme-producing bacterium Chryseobacterium …

Biological synthesis of fluorescent nanoparticles by cadmium and tellurite resistant Antarctic bacteria: exploring novel natural nanofactories

DO Plaza, C Gallardo, YD Straub, D Bravo… - Microbial Cell …, 2016 - Springer
Background Fluorescent nanoparticles or quantum dots (QDs) have been intensely studied
for basic and applied research due to their unique size-dependent properties. There is an …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative genomics and molecular adaptational analysis of Arthrobacter from Sikkim Himalaya provided insights into its survivability under multiple high …

S Mukhia, A Khatri, V Acharya, R Kumar - Genomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Arthrobacter is a dominant aerobic bacterium under the class Actinobacteria, known for its
nutritionally versatile nature and wide prevalence in stressful environments. In the current …

Microbial Oases in the Ice: A state-of-the-art review on cryoconite holes as diversity hotspots and their scientific connotations

S Hassan, M Khan, SA Ganiee, M Zaman… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cryoconite holes, small meltwater pools on the surface of glaciers and ice sheets, represent
extremely cold ecosystems teeming with diverse microbial life. Cryoconite holes exhibit …

[HTML][HTML] Isolation and characterization of aerobic anoxygenic phototrophs from exposed soils from the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica

G Tahon, A Willems - Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 2017 - Elsevier
This study investigated the culturable aerobic phototrophic bacteria present in soil samples
collected in the proximity of the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Station in the Sør Rondane …

Bacteria from Antarctic environments: diversity and detection of antimicrobial, antiproliferative, and antiparasitic activities

TR Silva, AWF Duarte, MRZ Passarini, ALTG Ruiz… - Polar Biology, 2018 - Springer
Microorganisms dominate most of Antarctic ecosystems and play a crucial role in their
functioning. They are called extremophilic microorganisms with unique and versatile …

Diversity, cold active enzymes and adaptation strategies of bacteria inhabiting glacier cryoconite holes of High Arctic

P Singh, SM Singh, P Dhakephalkar - Extremophiles, 2014 - Springer
Cryoconite holes have biogeochemical, ecological and biotechnological importance. This
communication presents results on culturable psychrophilic bacterial diversity from …

A glacier bacterium produces high yield of cryoprotective exopolysaccharide

P Ali, AA Shah, F Hasan, N Hertkorn… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Pseudomonas sp. BGI-2 is a psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from the ice sample
collected from Batura glacier, Pakistan. This strain produces highly viscous colonies on agar …