on Earth, as well as for how and where we look for life on other planetary bodies
beyond our own. At least within our solar system, microbial life is undoubtedly the
foundation upon which our planetary life functions.
Jacqueline Marie Goordial
References
Bakermans C, Bergholz PW, Ayala-del-Río H, Tiedje J (2009) Genomic insights into cold
adaptation of permafrost bacteria. In: Permafrost soils. Springer, pp 159–168
Bakermans C, Bergholz PW, Rodrigues DF, Vishnivetskaya TA, Ayala-del-Río HL, Tiedje JM
(2011) Genomic and expression analyses of cold-adapted microorganisms. Polar microbiology:
life in a deep freeze: 126–155
Bakermans C, Skidmore ML, Douglas S, McKay CP (2014) Molecular characterization of bacteria
from permafrost of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 89(2):331–346
Blazewicz SJ, Barnard RL, Daly RA, Firestone MK (2013) Evaluating rRNA as an indicator of
microbial activity in environmental communities: limitations and uses. ISME J 7
(11):2061–2068. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.102
Bradley JA, Amend JP, LaRowe DE (2019) Survival of the fewest: microbial dormancy and
maintenance in marine sediments through deep time. Geobiology 17(1):43–59
Brady A, Goordial J, Sun H, Whyte L, Slater G (2018) Variability in carbon uptake and (re) cycling
in Antarctic cryptoendolithic microbial ecosystems demonstrated through radiocarbon analysis
of organic biomarkers. Geobiology 16(1):62–79
Cary SC, McDonald IR, Barrett JE, Cowan DA (2010) On the rocks: the microbiology of Antarctic
Dry Valley soils. Nat Rev Microbiol 8(2):129–138
Cavicchioli R (2006) Cold-adapted archaea. Nat Rev Microbiol 4(5):331–343
Coleine C, Zucconi L, Onofri S, Pombubpa N, Stajich JE, Selbmann L (2018) Sun exposure shapes
functional grouping of fungi in Cryptoendolithic Antarctic communities. Life (Basel) 8(2).
https://doi.org/10.3390/life8020019
Collins M, Buick R (1989) Effect of temperature on the spoilage of stored peas by Rhodotorula
glutinis. Food Microbiol 6(3):135–141
Davis J, Balme M, Grindrod P, Williams R, Gupta S (2016) Extensive Noachian fluvial systems in
Arabia Terra: implications for early Martian climate. Geology 44(10):847–850
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beyond our own. At least within our solar system, microbial life is undoubtedly the
foundation upon which our planetary life functions.
Jacqueline Marie Goordial
References
Bakermans C, Bergholz PW, Ayala-del-Río H, Tiedje J (2009) Genomic insights into cold
adaptation of permafrost bacteria. In: Permafrost soils. Springer, pp 159–168
Bakermans C, Bergholz PW, Rodrigues DF, Vishnivetskaya TA, Ayala-del-Río HL, Tiedje JM
(2011) Genomic and expression analyses of cold-adapted microorganisms. Polar microbiology:
life in a deep freeze: 126–155
Bakermans C, Skidmore ML, Douglas S, McKay CP (2014) Molecular characterization of bacteria
from permafrost of the Taylor Valley, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 89(2):331–346
Blazewicz SJ, Barnard RL, Daly RA, Firestone MK (2013) Evaluating rRNA as an indicator of
microbial activity in environmental communities: limitations and uses. ISME J 7
(11):2061–2068. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2013.102
Bradley JA, Amend JP, LaRowe DE (2019) Survival of the fewest: microbial dormancy and
maintenance in marine sediments through deep time. Geobiology 17(1):43–59
Brady A, Goordial J, Sun H, Whyte L, Slater G (2018) Variability in carbon uptake and (re) cycling
in Antarctic cryptoendolithic microbial ecosystems demonstrated through radiocarbon analysis
of organic biomarkers. Geobiology 16(1):62–79
Cary SC, McDonald IR, Barrett JE, Cowan DA (2010) On the rocks: the microbiology of Antarctic
Dry Valley soils. Nat Rev Microbiol 8(2):129–138
Cavicchioli R (2006) Cold-adapted archaea. Nat Rev Microbiol 4(5):331–343
Coleine C, Zucconi L, Onofri S, Pombubpa N, Stajich JE, Selbmann L (2018) Sun exposure shapes
functional grouping of fungi in Cryptoendolithic Antarctic communities. Life (Basel) 8(2).
https://doi.org/10.3390/life8020019
Collins M, Buick R (1989) Effect of temperature on the spoilage of stored peas by Rhodotorula
glutinis. Food Microbiol 6(3):135–141
Davis J, Balme M, Grindrod P, Williams R, Gupta S (2016) Extensive Noachian fluvial systems in
Arabia Terra: implications for early Martian climate. Geology 44(10):847–850
126
J. M. Goordial