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Antarctic Soil and Viable Microbiota After Long-Term Storage at Constant -20 °C.

Cristian-Emilian Pop, Sergiu Fendrihan, Nicolai Crăciun, Garbis Vasilighean, Daniela Ecaterina Chifor, Florica Topârceanu, Andreea Florea, Dan Florin Mihăilescu, Maria Mernea

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Article in Biology, 2025. 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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9 authors.

Cristian-Emilian PopNon-Governmental Research Organization Biologic, 14 Schitului Str., 032044 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-0511-3672
Sergiu FendrihanNon-Governmental Research Organization Biologic, 14 Schitului Str., 032044 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-1776-1132
Nicolai CrăciunZoology Section, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independenței Str., 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Garbis VasiligheanNon-Governmental Research Organization Biologic, 14 Schitului Str., 032044 Bucharest, Romania.
Daniela Ecaterina ChiforNon-Governmental Research Organization Biologic, 14 Schitului Str., 032044 Bucharest, Romania.
Florica TopârceanuNational Commission for Antarctic Research of the Romanian Academy, 125 Calea Victoriei, 010071 Bucharest, Romania.
Andreea FloreaNon-Governmental Research Organization Biologic, 14 Schitului Str., 032044 Bucharest, Romania.
Dan Florin MihăilescuDepartment of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independenței Str., 050095 Bucharest, Romania.
Maria MerneaDepartment of Anatomy, Animal Physiology and Biophysics, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 91-95 Splaiul Independenței Str., 050095 Bucharest, Romania.

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Abstract

During an Antarctic expedition that took place in December 2010-January 2011 in the East Antarctic coastal region, soil samples were collected in aseptic conditions and stored for over a decade in freezers at -20 °C. Due to the shortly afterward passing of the Antarctic researcher in charge, Teodor Negoiță, the samples remained unintentionally frozen for a long period and were made available for research 13 years later. A chemical analysis of soil as well as screening for viable microbial presence was performed; soil analysis was conducted via inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy coupled with attenuated total reflection (FTIR-ATR). The presence of aerobic and facultative aerobic microbiotas was evaluated through a Biolog Ecoplates assay, and isolated strains were 16S sequenced for final taxonomic identification. The results obtained new insights into Antarctic soil characteristics from both chemical and microbiological aspects, even after over a decade of conservation.

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Antarctic microbiotaAntarctic soilcold resilienceeast continental Antarcticalong-term storage

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PMCPMC11940283

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