The Prokaryotic Community of Subglacial Bottom Sediments of Antarctic Lake Untersee: Detection by Cultural and Direct Microscopic Techniquesстатья
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Аннотация:The heterotrophic mesophilic microbial component was studied in microbial communities of the
samples of frozen regolith collected from the glacier near Lake Untersee collected in 2011 during the joint Rus-
sian–American expedition to central Dronning Maud Land (Eastern Antarctica). Cultural techniques revealed
high bacterial numbers in the samples. For enumeration of viable cells, the most probable numbers (MPN)
method proved more efficient than plating on agar media. Fluorescent in situ hybridization with the relevant
oligonucleotide probes revealed members of the groups Eubacteria (Actinobacteria, Firmicutes) and Archaea.
The application of the methods of cell resuscitation, such as the use of diluted media and prevention of oxidative
stress, did not result in a significant increase in the numbers of viable cells retrieved from subglacial sediment
samples. Our previous investigations demonstrated the necessity for special procedures for efficient reactivation
of the cells from microbial communities of replace with buried soil and permafrost samples collected in the Arc-
tic zone. The differing responses to the special resuscitation procedures may reflect the differences in the phys-
iological and morphological state of bacterial cells in microbial communities subject to continuous or periodic
low temperatures and dehydration.
Keywords: subglacial sediments, Antarctics, prokaryotes, cell numbers, cell resuscitation, FISH