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ArticleMicrobiologyOpen2023

The mystery of the ice cold rose-Microbiome of an Arctic winter frost flower.

Stefan Thiele, Anna Vader, Lise Øvreås

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Article in MicrobiologyOpen, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Stefan ThieleDepartment of Biological Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-4322-3795
Anna VaderDepartment of Arctic Biology, University Center in Svalbard, UNIS, Longyearbyen, Norway.
Lise ØvreåsDepartment of Biological Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Under very cold conditions, delicate ice-crystal structures called frost flowers emerge on the surface of newly formed sea ice. These understudied, ephemeral structures include saline brine, organic material, inorganic nutrients, and bacterial and archaeal communities in their brine channels. Hitherto, only a few frost flowers have been studied during spring and these have been reported to be dominated by Rhizobia or members of the SAR11 clade. Here we report on the microbiome of frost flowers sampled during the winter and polar night in the Barents Sea. There was a distinct difference in community profile between the extracted DNA and RNA, but both were dominated by members of the SAR11 clade (78% relative abundance and 41.5% relative activity). The data further suggested the abundance and activity of Cand. Nitrosopumilus, Nitrospinia, and Nitrosomonas. Combined with the inference of marker genes based on the 16S rRNA gene data, this indicates that sulfur and nitrogen cycling are likely the major metabolism in these ephemeral structures.

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BacteriaMicrobiotaArchaeaArctic RegionsFlowersIce CoverRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSaltsbrineRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSaltsarctic microbesCand. Nitrosopumilusmicrobial ecologySAR11sea iceThe Nansen Legacy

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PMID36825884
PMCPMC9898838

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