ArticlemSystems2021
Cryomicrobial Ecology: Still Much To Learn about Life Left Out in the Cold.
Article in mSystems, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Subzero cell division, respiration, and genomic traits of cryophilicFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Microbial life in slow and stopped lanes.Trends in microbiology · 2024Review
- Marine Science Can Contribute to the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Life.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The microbiome of cryospheric ecosystems.Nature communications · 2022Article
- The archaeal classFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Studies from cryoenvironments on Earth have demonstrated that microbial life is widespread and have identified microorganisms that are metabolically active and can replicate at subzero temperatures if liquid water is present. However, cryophiles (subzero-growing organisms) often exist in low densities in the environment and their growth rate is low, making them difficult to study. Compounding this, a large number of dormant and dead cells are preserved in frozen settings. Using integrated genomic and activity-based approaches is essential to understanding the cold limits of life on Earth, as well as how cryophilic microorganisms are poised to adapt and metabolize in warming settings, such as in thawing permafrost. An increased understanding of cryophilic lifestyles on Earth will also help inform how (and where) we look for potential microbial life on cold planetary bodies in our solar system such as Mars, Europa, and Enceladus.
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