Ice Cube of Exotic Microbes
http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/234/ice-cube-of-exotic-microbes

Robert Sanders, University of California at Berkeley


This article describes a permafrost subglacial lake discovered beneath Antarctica. The lake offers scientists a chance to test their sterile drilling techniques before exploring elsewhere in search of exotic microbes. Techniques that avoid contaminating a drill site with microbes, suggests the author, would prove useful for future drilling into Mars' polar caps in search of life.


Subject: Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Symbiotic Relations:Mutualism, Biology:Biogeochemistry, Astrobiology, Microbiology:Methods of Microbiology :Field Methods , Biology:Microbiology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Grade Level: General Public, College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Extreme Environments: Extremely Cold
Theme: Teach the Earth:Course Topics:Biogeoscience