The microbiome of glaciers and ice sheets

AM Anesio, S Lutz, NAM Chrismas… - npj Biofilms and …, 2017 - nature.com
Glaciers and ice sheets, like other biomes, occupy a significant area of the planet and
harbour biological communities with distinct interactions and feedbacks with their physical …

Microbial assemblages in soil microbial succession after glacial retreat in Svalbard (High Arctic)

K Kaštovská, J Elster, M Stibal, H Šantrůčková - Microbial ecology, 2005 - Springer
Microbial community composition (cyanobacteria and eukaryotic microalgae abundance
and diversity, bacterial abundance, and soil respiration) was studied in subglacial and …

Variations of algal communities cause darkening of a Greenland glacier

S Lutz, AM Anesio, SE Jorge Villar… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
We have assessed the microbial ecology on the surface of Mittivakkat glacier in SE-
Greenland during the exceptional high melting season in July 2012 when the so far most …

Oddities and curiosities in the algal world

L Barsanti, P Coltelli, V Evangelista… - Algal toxins: nature …, 2008 - Springer
The term algae refers to a polyphyletic, non-cohesive and artificial assemblage, of O 2-
evolving, photosynthetic organisms. The profound diversity of size, shape, habitat, metabolic …

Design of closed photobioreactors for algal cultivation

M Koller - Algal Biorefineries: Volume 2: Products and Refinery …, 2015 - Springer
Apart from their indispensable role as solar-driven oxygen factories, microalgae act as
powerful microbial cell factories for production of various intra-or extracellular bio-products …

Effects of realistically simulated, elevated UV irradiation on photosynthesis and pigment composition of the alpine snow alga Chlamydomonas nivalis and the arctic …

D Remias, A Albert, C Lütz - Photosynthetica, 2010 - Springer
An indoor sun simulator was used to provide elevated UV-B radiation (280–315 nm) in
combination with realistic ratios to PAR (400–700 nm) and UV-A radiation (315–400 nm) in …

Growth and morphology variation as a response to changing environmental factors in two Arctic species of Raphidonema (Trebouxiophyceae) from snow and soil

M Stibal, J Elster - Polar Biology, 2005 - Springer
Abstract Two Arctic species of Raphidonema, a weakly filamentous green alga, were
compared on the basis of their growth and morphology response to varied environmental …

Research on cryosestic communities in Svalbard: the snow algae of temporary snowfields in Petuniabukta, Central Svalbard

J Kvíderová - Czech Polar Reports, 2012 - journals.muni.cz
Although the observations of the colored snow in Svalbard are dated from 17th century, the
research in cryosestic algae during last 50 years was focused to NW part of Svalbard …

Phototrophic microflora colonizing substrates of man-made origin in Billefjorden Region, Central Svalbard

L Raabová, J Elster, Ľ Kováčik - Czech Polar Reports, 2016 - journals.muni.cz
Substrates created by human have a significant impact on Arctic terrestrial environment.
These substrates are new potential niche for microbial biota, which may have several …

[PDF][PDF] Estudios taxonómicos en algas verdes cocales del sur de España

I Fanés Treviño - 2008 - digibug.ugr.es
1. ANTECEDENTES Dentro de las Chloroccoccales tradicionalmente se incluían todas las
algas verdes cocales (inmóviles en su estado vegetativo), unicelulares o coloniales, que se …