Denis Lacelle WP, Whyte L, Davila A, Andersen D, DeWitt R, Goordial J, Heldmann J,
Marinova M, Zacny K, McKay C (2012) Origin, stability and habitability of ice-bearing
permafrost in University Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: analogue for ground ice
on Mars, vol 31. Canadian Polar Commission
Dohm JM, Ferris J, Baker VR, Anderson R, Hare T, Strom R, Barlow N, Tanaka KL,
Klemaszewski J, Scott D (2001) Ancient drainage basin of the Tharsis region, Mars: potential
source for outflow channel systems and putative oceans or paleolakes. Journal of Geophysical
Research: Planets 106(E12):32943–32958
Feller G, Gerday C (2003) Psychrophilic enzymes: hot topics in cold adaptation. Nat Rev Microbiol
1(3):200–208. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro773
Friedmann EI (1982) Endolithic microorganisms in the Antarctic cold desert. Science 215
(4536):1045–1053
Friedmann EI, Hua M, Ocampo-Friedmann R (1988) 3.6 Cryptoendolithic lichen and
cyanobacterial communities of the Ross Desert, Antarctica. Polarforschung 58(2/3):251–259
Friedmann EI, Kappen L, Meyer M, Nienow JA (1993) Long-term productivity in the
cryptoendolithic microbial community of the Ross Desert, Antarctica. Microb Ecol 25(1):51–69
Gilichinsky D, Wilson G, Friedmann E, McKay C, Sletten R, Rivkina E, Vishnivetskaya T,
Erokhina L, Ivanushkina N, Kochkina G (2007) Microbial populations in Antarctic permafrost:
biodiversity, state, age, and implication for astrobiology. Astrobiology 7(2):275–311
Goordial J, Davila A, Greer CW, Cannam R, DiRuggiero J, McKay CP, Whyte LG (2017)
Comparative activity and functional ecology of permafrost soils and lithic niches in a hyperarid polar desert. Environ Microbiol 19(2):443–458. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13353
Goordial J, Davila A, Lacelle D, Pollard W, Marinova MM, Greer CW, DiRuggiero J, McKay CP,
Whyte LG (2016) Nearing the cold-arid limits of microbial life in permafrost of an upper dry
valley, Antarctica. ISME J 10(7):1613–1624. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.239
Goordial J, Lamarche-Gagnon G, Lay C-Y, Whyte L (2013) Left out in the cold: life in
cryoenvironments. In: Polyextremophiles. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 335–363
Goordial J, Raymond-Bouchard I, Riley R, Ronholm J, Shapiro N, Woyke T, LaButti KM, Tice H,
Amirebrahimi M, Grigoriev IV (2016) Improved high-quality draft genome sequence of the
eurypsychrophile Rhodotorula sp. JG1b, isolated from permafrost in the hyperarid upperelevation mcmurdo dry valleys, Antarctica. Genome Announc 4(2)
Goordial J, Raymond-Bouchard I, Ronholm J, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Whyte L, Bakermans C (2015)
Improved-high-quality draft genome sequence of Rhodococcus sp. JG-3, a eurypsychrophilic
Actinobacteria from Antarctic Dry Valley permafrost. Stand Genomic Sci 10(1):61
Goordial J, Raymond-Bouchard I, Zolotarov Y, de Bethencourt L, Ronholm J, Shapiro N,
Woyke T, Stromvik M, Greer CW, Bakermans C (2016) Cold adaptive traits revealed by
comparative genomic analysis of the eurypsychrophile Rhodococcus sp. JG3 isolated from
high elevation McMurdo Dry Valley permafrost, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 92(2)
Goordial J, Whyte L (2014) Microbial life in Antarctic permafrost environments. In: Antarctic
terrestrial microbiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 217–232
Greening C, Biswas A, Carere CR, Jackson CJ, Taylor MC, Stott MB, Cook GM, Morales SE
(2016) Genomic and metagenomic surveys of hydrogenase distribution indicate H 2 is a widely
utilised energy source for microbial growth and survival. ISME J 10(3):761–777
Greening C, Grinter R, Chiri E (2019) Uncovering the metabolic strategies of the dormant microbial
majority: towards integrative approaches. mSystems 4(3):e00107–e00119. https://doi.org/10.
1128/mSystems.00107-19
Hallsworth JE, Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN, Gillion JLM, D'Auria G, De Lima Alves F, La
Cono V, Genovese M, McKew BA, Hayes SL, Harris G, Giuliano L, Timmis KN, McGenity
TJ (2007) Limits of life in MgCl2-containing environments: chaotropicity defines the window.
Environ Microbiol 9(3):801–813. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01212.x
Head JW, Kreslavsky M, Hiesinger H, Ivanov M, Pratt S, Seibert N, Smith DE, Zuber MT (1998)
Oceans in the past history of Mars: tests for their presence using Mars orbiter laser altimeter
(MOLA) data. Geophys Res Lett 25(24):4401–4404
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Marinova M, Zacny K, McKay C (2012) Origin, stability and habitability of ice-bearing
permafrost in University Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: analogue for ground ice
on Mars, vol 31. Canadian Polar Commission
Dohm JM, Ferris J, Baker VR, Anderson R, Hare T, Strom R, Barlow N, Tanaka KL,
Klemaszewski J, Scott D (2001) Ancient drainage basin of the Tharsis region, Mars: potential
source for outflow channel systems and putative oceans or paleolakes. Journal of Geophysical
Research: Planets 106(E12):32943–32958
Feller G, Gerday C (2003) Psychrophilic enzymes: hot topics in cold adaptation. Nat Rev Microbiol
1(3):200–208. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro773
Friedmann EI (1982) Endolithic microorganisms in the Antarctic cold desert. Science 215
(4536):1045–1053
Friedmann EI, Hua M, Ocampo-Friedmann R (1988) 3.6 Cryptoendolithic lichen and
cyanobacterial communities of the Ross Desert, Antarctica. Polarforschung 58(2/3):251–259
Friedmann EI, Kappen L, Meyer M, Nienow JA (1993) Long-term productivity in the
cryptoendolithic microbial community of the Ross Desert, Antarctica. Microb Ecol 25(1):51–69
Gilichinsky D, Wilson G, Friedmann E, McKay C, Sletten R, Rivkina E, Vishnivetskaya T,
Erokhina L, Ivanushkina N, Kochkina G (2007) Microbial populations in Antarctic permafrost:
biodiversity, state, age, and implication for astrobiology. Astrobiology 7(2):275–311
Goordial J, Davila A, Greer CW, Cannam R, DiRuggiero J, McKay CP, Whyte LG (2017)
Comparative activity and functional ecology of permafrost soils and lithic niches in a hyperarid polar desert. Environ Microbiol 19(2):443–458. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13353
Goordial J, Davila A, Lacelle D, Pollard W, Marinova MM, Greer CW, DiRuggiero J, McKay CP,
Whyte LG (2016) Nearing the cold-arid limits of microbial life in permafrost of an upper dry
valley, Antarctica. ISME J 10(7):1613–1624. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.239
Goordial J, Lamarche-Gagnon G, Lay C-Y, Whyte L (2013) Left out in the cold: life in
cryoenvironments. In: Polyextremophiles. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 335–363
Goordial J, Raymond-Bouchard I, Riley R, Ronholm J, Shapiro N, Woyke T, LaButti KM, Tice H,
Amirebrahimi M, Grigoriev IV (2016) Improved high-quality draft genome sequence of the
eurypsychrophile Rhodotorula sp. JG1b, isolated from permafrost in the hyperarid upperelevation mcmurdo dry valleys, Antarctica. Genome Announc 4(2)
Goordial J, Raymond-Bouchard I, Ronholm J, Shapiro N, Woyke T, Whyte L, Bakermans C (2015)
Improved-high-quality draft genome sequence of Rhodococcus sp. JG-3, a eurypsychrophilic
Actinobacteria from Antarctic Dry Valley permafrost. Stand Genomic Sci 10(1):61
Goordial J, Raymond-Bouchard I, Zolotarov Y, de Bethencourt L, Ronholm J, Shapiro N,
Woyke T, Stromvik M, Greer CW, Bakermans C (2016) Cold adaptive traits revealed by
comparative genomic analysis of the eurypsychrophile Rhodococcus sp. JG3 isolated from
high elevation McMurdo Dry Valley permafrost, Antarctica. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 92(2)
Goordial J, Whyte L (2014) Microbial life in Antarctic permafrost environments. In: Antarctic
terrestrial microbiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 217–232
Greening C, Biswas A, Carere CR, Jackson CJ, Taylor MC, Stott MB, Cook GM, Morales SE
(2016) Genomic and metagenomic surveys of hydrogenase distribution indicate H 2 is a widely
utilised energy source for microbial growth and survival. ISME J 10(3):761–777
Greening C, Grinter R, Chiri E (2019) Uncovering the metabolic strategies of the dormant microbial
majority: towards integrative approaches. mSystems 4(3):e00107–e00119. https://doi.org/10.
1128/mSystems.00107-19
Hallsworth JE, Yakimov MM, Golyshin PN, Gillion JLM, D'Auria G, De Lima Alves F, La
Cono V, Genovese M, McKew BA, Hayes SL, Harris G, Giuliano L, Timmis KN, McGenity
TJ (2007) Limits of life in MgCl2-containing environments: chaotropicity defines the window.
Environ Microbiol 9(3):801–813. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2006.01212.x
Head JW, Kreslavsky M, Hiesinger H, Ivanov M, Pratt S, Seibert N, Smith DE, Zuber MT (1998)
Oceans in the past history of Mars: tests for their presence using Mars orbiter laser altimeter
(MOLA) data. Geophys Res Lett 25(24):4401–4404
6 When the Vital Signs of Microbial Life Go Cold, Does That Mean the Pulse Is. . .
127