Tag Archive for 'Lake Vostok'

This false-color scanning electron microscopy image shows a microbial cell (arrow) with coccoid morphology found in a sample from Lake Whillans. Scale bar - 2 μm. Image credit: Brent C. Christner et al.

Diverse Microbial Ecosystem Discovered in Antarctic Subglacial Lake Whillans

Aug 21, 2014 by Natali Anderson

A team of researchers from the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom, has discovered a complex assemblage of bacteria and archaea in the waters and...

Radar satellite image of Lake Vostok (Goddard Space Flight Center)

Scientists Identify Thousands of Species in Samples from Lake Vostok

Jul 8, 2013 by News Staff

Using DNA and RNA sequencing, an international team of researchers has revealed a surprising variety of life forms living in the subglacial Lake Vostok. Radar...