Life in Ancient Ice presents an unparalleled overview of current research into microbial life in ancient glacial ice and permafrost. Particulates of fungi, bacteria, pollen grains, protists, and viruses are carried by wind around the globe. When they fall to Earth in polar regions they may be trapped in ice for hundreds of millennia. Some of the many implications sound like science fiction--for example, might melting glaciers release ancient pathogens that yield modern-day pandemics? But rigorous, coordinated research is nascent. This book points the way forward. Based on a National Science Foundation-sponsored symposium organized by the editors in 2001, it comprises twenty chapters by internationally renowned scientists, including Russian experts whose decades of work has been rarely available in English.
The book begins by setting forth many protocols that have been used to study microorganisms trapped in ice, discussing their potential sources and presenting evidence for microbial metabolic activity at temperatures below freezing. This is followed by nine chapters describing the fungi, bacteria, and viruses that have been found in permafrost and glacial ice. Later chapters include a look at Antarctica's subglacial Lake Vostok, at a robot that can be lowered into ice to detect microbes, and at the use of icy environments on Earth as model systems for studying similar environments on planets and moons. The editors conclude by reviewing key discoveries and outlining important areas for future research.Originally published in 2005.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Information

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Year

2016

ISBN

9781400880188

Topic

Biological Sciences

Subtopic

Microbiology

Index

Biological Sciences

Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Recommendations for Elimination of Contaminants and Authentication of Isolates in Ancient Ice Cores
Chapter 3. Perennial Antarctic Lake Ice: A Refuge for Cyanobacteria in an Extreme Environment
Chapter 4. The Growth of Prokaryotes in Antarctic Sea Ice: Implications for Ancient Ice Communities
Chapter 5. Frozen in Time: The Diatom Record in Ice Cores from Remote Drilling Sites on the Antarctic Ice Sheets
Chapter 6. The Nature and Likely Sources of Biogenic Particles Found in Ancient Ice from Antarctica
Chapter 7. Microbial Life below the Freezing Point within Permafrost
Chapter 8. Yeasts Isolated from Ancient Permafrost
Chapter 9. Fungi in Ancient Permafrost Sediments of the Arctic and Antarctic Regions
Chapter 10. Viable Phototrophs: Cyanobacteria and Green Algae from the Permafrost Darkness
Chapter 11. The Significance and Implications of the Discovery of Filamentous Fungi in Glacial Ice
Chapter 12. Yeasts in the Genus Rhodotorula Recovered from the Greenland Ice Sheet
Chapter 13. Plant and Bacterial Viruses in the Greenland Ice Sheet
Chapter 14. Viral Pathogens of Humans Likely to Be Preserved
Chapter 15. Classification of Bacteria from Polar and Nonpolar Glacial Ice
Chapter 16. Common Features of Microorganisms in Ancient Layers of the Antarctic Ice Sheet
Chapter 17. Comparative Biological Analyses of Accretion Ice from Subglacial Lake Vostok
Chapter 18. Search for Microbes and Biogenic Compounds in Polar Ice Using Fluorescence
Chapter 19. Living Cells in Permafrost as Models for Astrobiology Research
Chapter 20. A Synopsis of the Past, an Evaluation of the Current, and a Glance toward the Future
Index