Ancient dna

E Willerslev, A Cooper - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In the past two decades, ancient DNA research has progressed from the retrieval of small
fragments of mitochondrial DNA from a few late Holocene specimens, to large-scale studies …

Diversity of symbiotic root endophytes of the Helotiales in ericaceous plants and the grass, Deschampsia flexuosa

JD Zijlstra, P Van't Hof, J Baar, GJM Verkley… - Studies in …, 2005 - ingentaconnect.com
Root endophyte fungi of ericaceous plants were compared with those obtained from the
dominant grass in Dutch heathlands, Deschampsia flexuosa. We investigated the …

Halotolerant and halophilic fungi from coastal environments in the Arctics

N Gunde-Cimerman, L Butinar, S Sonjak… - Adaptation to life at high …, 2005 - Springer
Extreme environments on Earth have fascinated microbiologist since the discovery of
extremophilic microorganisms, thriving in niches previously thought to be abiotic. The initial …

Yeasts in the genus Rhodotorula recovered from the Greenland ice sheet

WT Starmer, JW Fell, CM Catranis, V Aberdeen… - Life in ancient …, 2005 - books.google.com
Methods Previous reports of fungi isolated from glacial ice detailed the sources and a
mechanical method to obtain interior subcores. These procedures are summarized as …

Recommendations for elimination of contaminants and authentication of isolates in ancient ice cores

SO Rogers, LJ Ma, Y Zhao, V Theraisnathan… - Life in Ancient …, 2005 - books.google.com
VIABLE FUNGI, BACTERIA, AND VIRUSES have been isolated from glacial ice up to
400,000 years old and permafrost up to 3 million years old, originating from many …

The significance and implications of the discovery of filamentous fungi in glacial ice

LJ Ma, CM Catranis, WT Starmer… - Life in ancient ice …, 2005 - books.google.com
THE OBJECTIVE of our research was to study fungi entrapped in glaciers. We hypothesized
that eukaryotic microorganisms remain viable in glacial ice for very long periods of time. This …

Plant and bacterial viruses in the Greenland ice sheet

JD Castello, SO Rogers, JE Smith… - Life in ancient ice …, 2005 - books.google.com
MANY MICROORGANISMS, including filamentous fungi, yeasts, algae, cyanobacteria, and
bacteria, have been isolated from polar ice and/or permafrost and identified (refs. 1, 14, and …

The nature and likely sources of biogenic particles found in ancient ice from Antarctica

R Sambrotto, L Burckle - Life in Ancient Ice; Castello, JD, Rogers …, 2005 - books.google.com
ANCIENT ICE has provided a wealth of information on environmental changes occurring
over the past few hundred thousand years. Where the chronological age of the ice can be …

A synopsis of the past, an evaluation of the current and a glance toward the future

JD Castello, SO Rogers - Life in Ancient Ice, 2005 - books.google.com
THIS BOOK addresses a number of important issues. First, it is amply clear that
microorganisms can be isolated from ice and permafrost cores from around the world, at …

Life in solid ice

PB Price - arXiv preprint q-bio/0507004, 2005 - arxiv.org
Some microbes appear to be able to metabolize in glacial ice or permafrost. The rate
depends on temperature, nutrient level, and bioelement availability, among other factors. I …