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2008

 Christner, B.C., M.L. Skidmore, J.C. Priscu, M. Tranter and C. Foreman. 2008.
 Bacteria in Subglacial Environments. In R. Margesin et al. (eds.), Psychrophiles: from
 biodiversity to biotechnology, Springer Verlag, New York.

 Hodson, A.J., A.M. Anesio, M. Tranter, A.G. Fountain, M. Osborn, J. C. Priscu, J.
 Laybourn-Parry and B. Sattler. 2008. Glacial Ecosystems. Ecological Monographs,
 78(1):41-67.

 Priscu, J.C., B.C. Christner,  J.E. Dore, B.N. Popp, M.B. Westley and K.L. Casciotti.
 Supersaturated N2O in a perennially ice-covered lake: molecular and stable isotopic
 evidence for a biogeochemical relict. Limnology and Oceanography. In press.

 Priscu, J.C., S. Tulaczyk, M. Studinger, M.C. Kennicutt II, B.C. Christner, and C.M.
 Foreman. Antarctic Subglacial Water: Origin, Evolution and Microbial Ecology. In W.
 Vincent and J. Laybourn-Parry (eds), Polar Limnology. Oxford University Press, UK.
 In press.

Säwström, C, J., Lisle, A.M. Anesio, J.C. Priscu and J. Laybourn-Parry. 2008. Bacteriophage in polar inland waters. Extremophiles. 12:167-175.

2007

 Barrett, J.E., R.A. Virginia, W.B. Lyons, J.C. Priscu, D.M. Mcknight, P.T. Doran, A.G.
 Fountain, D.H. Wall and D.L. Moorhead. 2007. Stoichiometric evolution of Antarctic
 dry valley ecosystems. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeochemistry. 112,
 G01010, doi:10.1029/2005JG000141.
 

 Christner, B. C., J.C. Priscu and M. Tranter. Subglacial biogeochemistry. In R.
 Margesin (ed.) Psychrophiles. Springer Publishers. Submitted.

 Clocksin K.M., D.O. Jung and M.T. Madigan. 2007. Cold-active chemoorganotrophic
 Bacteria
from the water column of the permanently ice-covered Lake Hoare,
 McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73:0000
 -0000.

 Foreman, C., B. Sattler, J. Mikucki, D. Porazinska and J.C. Priscu. 2007. Metabolic
 Activity and Diversity of Cryoconites in the Taylor Valley, Antarctica.
Journal of
 Geophysical Research -
Biogeosciences. In Press.

 Jepsen, S.M., J.C. Priscu, R.E. Grimm and M.A. Bullock. 2007. The potential for
 lithoautotrophic life on Mars: Application to shallow interfacial water environments.
 Astrobiology. 7: 342-354.

 Mikucki, J.A. and J.C. Priscu. Bacterial diversity associated with Blood Falls, a 
 subglacial outflow from the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica. Applied and Environmental
 Microbiology. 73: 4029-4039.

 Sattley, W.M. and M.T. Madigan. 2007. Cold-active acetogenic bacteria from
 surficial sediments of perennially ice-covered Lake Fryxell, Antarctica
. FEMS
 Microbiology Letters. 272(1):48-54.

 Priscu, J.C., B.C. Christner, M. C. Kennicutt, J. A. Mikucki, M. Studinger, and S.
 Tulaczyk. 2007. Subglacial Lakes and Rivers. In:  J. Laybourn-Parry and W. Vincent
 (eds.) High Latitude Lakes and Rivers. Oxford University Press. Submitted.

 Priscu, J.C. and C.M. Foreman. 2007.  Lakes of Antarctica. Encyclopedia of Inland
 Waters. Elsevier Press. In Press.

 2006

 Christner, B.C., G. Royston-Bishop, C. M. Foreman, B. R. Arnold, M. Tranter, K. A.
 Welch, W. B. Lyons,  A. I. Tsapin, and J. C. Priscu. 2006. Limnological Conditions in
 Subglacial Lake Vostok, Antarctica. Limnology and Oceanography. 51:2485-2501.

 Jung, D.O. and M.T. Madigan. 2006. Nitrogen fixation at low temperatures by the
 Antarctic purple bacterium, Rhodoferax antarcticus. In preparation for FEMS
 Microbiol. Letts.

 Karr, E.A., J.M. Ng, S.M. Belchik, W.M. Sattley, M.T. Madigan and L.A. Achenbach. 
 2006.  Biodiversity of methanogenic and other Archaea in the permanently frozen
 Lake Fryxell, Antarctica.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72:1663-1666.

 Lyons, W.B., J. Laybourn-Parry, K. A. Welch and J.C. Priscu. 2006. Antarctic lake
 systems and climate change. In D.M. Bergstrom, P. Convey, A.H.L. Huiskes (eds.),
 Trends in Antarctic Terrestrial and Limnetic Ecosystems: Antarctica As A Global
 Indicator. In Press.

 Morgan-Kiss, R.M., J.C. Priscu, T. Pocock, L. Gudynaite-Savitch and N. PA Huner.
 2006. Adaptation and acclimation of photosynthesic microorganisms to permanently
 cold environments. Microbial and Molecular Biology Reviews, invited manuscript.
 70(1):222-252.

 Priscu, J.C., B.C. Christner, C.M. Foreman and G. Royston-Bishop. 2006. Biological
 Material in Ice Cores.
In S.A. Elias (ed.), Encyclopedia of Quaternary Sciences,
 Volume 2. Elsevier, UK. Pp. 1156-1166.

 Sattley, W.M. and M.T. Madigan. 2006. Isolation, characterization and ecology of
 cold-active sulfur-chemolithotrophic bacteria from perennially ice-covered Lake
 Fryxell, Antarctica.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72:5562-5568.


2005

 Christner, B.C., J.A. Mikucki, C.M. Foreman, J. Denson and J.C. Priscu. 2005. Glacial
 ice cores:  A model system for developing extraterrestrial decontamination
 protocols.
  Icarus. 174: 572-584.

 Christner B.C. and J.C. Priscu. 2005. Subglacial Lake Vostok.  Encyclopedia of
 Water. Wiley Intersciences.

 Karr, E.A., W.M. Sattley, M.R. Rice, D.O. Jung, M.T. Madigan and L.A. Achenbach.
 2005. Diversity and distribution of sulfate-reducing bacteria in the permanently
 frozen Lake Fryxell, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
Applied and Environmental
 Microbiology. 71:6353-6359.

 Madigan, M.T. 2005. Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria from extreme environments.
 In Govindjee, J.T. Beatty, H. Gest, J.F. Allen (eds), Discoveries in Photosynthesis,
 vol. 20 of Advances in Photosynthesis. Pp. 969-983. 

 Madigan, M.T., D.O. Jung, E.A. Karr, W. M. Sattley, L.A. Achenbach and M.T.J. van
 der Meer. 2005. Diversity of anoxygenic phototrophs in contrasting extreme
 environments. In W.P. Inskeep and T. R. McDermott (eds.), Geothermal Biology and
 Geochemistry in Yellowstone National Park. Thermal Biology Institute, Montana
 State University, Bozeman. Pp. 203-219.

 
 Priscu, J.C., C.H. Fritsen, E.E. Adams, H.W. Paerl, J.T. Lisle, J.E. Dore, C.F. Wolf and
 J. Mikucki.  2005.  Perennial Antarctic lake ice: A refuge for cyanobacteria in an
 extreme environment.
  In J.D. Castello and S.O. Rogers (eds.), Life in Ancient Ice,
 Princeton Press. Pp. 22-49.


2004

 Foreman, C.M., C.F. Wolf and J.C. Priscu. 2004. Impact of episodic warming events
 on the physical, chemical and biological relationships of lakes in the
McMurdo dry
 valleys, Antarctica.
  Aquatic Geochemisty. 10: 239-268.

Jung, D.O., L.A. Achenbach, E.A. Karr, S. Takaichi and M.T. Madigan. 2004.  A gas vesiculate planktonic strain of the purple non-sulfur bacterium Rhodoferax antarcticus isolated from Lake Fryxell, Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Archives of Microbiology. 182(2-3):236-243.

Lee, P.A., J.C. Priscu, G.R. DiTullio, S.F. Riseman, N. Tursich and S.J. de Mora. 2004.  Elevated levels of dimethylated-sulfur compounds in Lake Bonney, a poorly ventilated Antarctic lake.  Limnology and Oceanography. 49(4):1044-1055.

Lisle J.T. and J.C. Priscu. 2004. The occurrence of lysogenic bacteria and microbial aggregates in the lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Microbial Ecology.  47:  427-439.

Mikuki, J.A., C.M. Foreman, B. Sattler, W.B. Lyons and J.C. Priscu. 2004.  Geomicrobology of Blood Falls:  An iron-rich saline discharge at the terminus of the Taylor Glacier, Antarctica.  Aquatic Geochemisty. 10: 199-220.

 

POSTERS & PRESENTATIONS
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The McMurdo Dry Valley Lake Microbial Observatory:  Microbial Diversity and Function in the Permanently Ice-Covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Priscu, J., M. Madigan, S. Giovannoni, B. Lanoil


2007


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Microbial Diversity and Function in Permanently Ice-Covered Lakes
of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Priscu, J., M. Madigan, S. Giovannoni, B. Lanoil
Presented at the Microbial Observatory Meeting
March 2007


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Extremophilic Bacteria from Antarctic Lake Fryxell: Evidence for Phenotypic Convergence
Gina Ryan et al.
Presented at the ALSO meeting
Feb 2007


2005


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Molecular Microbial Diversity of the McMurdo Dry Valley Lakes
Wilson Foo et al.
Presented at the ASM meeting
June 2005


2004


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Cryoconites: Biofilms Entombed in Glacial Ice
Christine M. Foreman et al.

Center for Biofilm Engineering
Presented at the Technical Advisory Meeting
June 2004

 


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The Impact of Seasonal Warming on Lakes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Christine M. Foreman et al.
Subcommittee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Presented  in Bremen, Germany
July 2004

 

 
 

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