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Science 176(4032):242–245
Horowitz N, Hobby G, Hubbard J (1976) The Viking carbon assimilation experiments: interim
report. Science 194(4271):1321–1322
Ji M, Greening C, Vanwonterghem I, Carere CR, Bay SK, Steen JA, Montgomery K, Lines T,
Beardall J, van Dorst J, Snape I, Stott MB, Hugenholtz P, Ferrari BC (2017) Atmospheric trace
gases support primary production in Antarctic desert surface soil. Nature 552(7685):400–403.
https://doi.org/10.1038/nature25014
Johnson SS, Hebsgaard MB, Christensen TR, Mastepanov M, Nielsen R, Munch K, Brand T,
Gilbert MTP, Zuber MT, Bunce M, Rønn R, Gilichinsky D, Froese D, Willerslev E (2007)
Ancient bacteria show evidence of DNA repair. Proc Natl Acad Sci 104(36):14401–14405.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0706787104
Jones SE, Lennon JT (2010) Dormancy contributes to the maintenance of microbial diversity. Proc
Natl Acad Sci 107(13):5881–5886
Junge K, Eicken H, Deming JW (2004) Bacterial activity atÀ 2 toÀ 20 C in Arctic wintertime sea
ice. Appl Environ Microbiol 70(1):550–557
Lacelle D, Davila AF, Fisher D, Pollard WH, DeWitt R, Heldmann J, Marinova MM, McKay CP
(2013) Excess ground ice of condensation–diffusion origin in University Valley, dry valleys of
Antarctica: evidence from isotope geochemistry and numerical modeling. Geochim Cosmochim
Acta 120:280–297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2013.06.032
Lee CK, Barbier BA, Bottos EM, McDonald IR, Cary SC (2012) The inter-valley soil comparative
survey: the ecology of Dry Valley edaphic microbial communities. ISME J 6(5):1046–1057
Lennon JT, Jones SE (2011) Microbial seed banks: the ecological and evolutionary implications of
dormancy. Nat Rev Microbiol 9(2):119–130
Levy J (2013) How big are the McMurdo Dry Valleys? Estimating ice-free area using Landsat
image data. Antarct Sci 25(1):119
Lynch RC, Darcy JL, Kane NC, Nemergut DR, Schmidt SK (2014) Metagenomic evidence for
metabolism of trace atmospheric gases by high-elevation desert Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol
5(698). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00698
Lynch RC, King AJ, Farías ME, Sowell P, Vitry C, Schmidt SK (2012) The potential for microbial
life in the highest-elevation (>6000 m.a.s.l.) mineral soils of the Atacama region. J Geophys Res
Biogeo 117(G2). https://doi.org/10.1029/2012jg001961
Mackelprang R, Burkert A, Haw M, Mahendrarajah T, Conaway CH, Douglas TA, Waldrop MP
(2017) Microbial survival strategies in ancient permafrost: insights from metagenomics. ISME J
11(10):2305–2318. https://doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.93
Makhalanyane TP, Pointing SB, Cowan DA (2014) Lithobionts: cryptic and refuge niches. In:
Antarctic terrestrial microbiology. Springer, pp 163–179
Marchant DR, Head JW III (2007) Antarctic dry valleys: microclimate zonation, variable geomorphic processes, and implications for assessing climate change on Mars. Icarus 192(1):187–222
Marinova MM, Mckay CP, Pollard WH, Heldmann JL, Davila AF, Andersen DT, Jackson WA,
Lacelle D, Paulsen G, Zacny K (2013) Distribution of depth to ice-cemented soils in the highelevation Quartermain Mountains, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarct Sci 25(4):575
McEwen AS, Ojha L, Dundas CM, Mattson SS, Byrne S, Wray JJ, Cull SC, Murchie SL,
Thomas N, Gulick VC (2011) Seasonal flows on warm Martian slopes. Science 333
(6043):740–743
McKay CP, Balaban E, Abrahams S, Lewis N (2019) Dry permafrost over ice-cemented ground at
Elephant Head, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica. Antarct Sci 31(5):263–270
McKay CP, Stoker CR, Glass BJ, Davé AI, Davila AF, Heldmann JL, Marinova MM, Fairen AG,
Quinn RC, Zacny KA (2013) The icebreaker life Mission to Mars: a search for biomolecular
evidence for life. Astrobiology 13(4):334–353
Monteiro M, S Baptista M, Séneca J, Torgo L, K Lee C, Cary SC, Magalhães C (2020) Understanding the response of nitrifying communities to disturbance in the McMurdo Dry Valleys,
Antarctica. Microorganisms 8(3):404
128
J. M. Goordial