Cryoconite holes, small meltwater pools on the surface of glaciers and ice sheets, represent
extremely cold ecosystems teeming with diverse microbial life. Cryoconite holes exhibit …

Despite the unique physiology and metabolic pathways of microbiomes from cold
environments providing key evolutionary insights and promising leads for discovering new …

Bacterial lipases with activity spanning over a broad temperature and substrate range have
several industrial applications. An efficient enzyme-producing bacterium Chryseobacterium …

Snow ecosystems represent a large part of the Earth's biosphere and harbour diverse
microbial communities. Despite our increased knowledge of snow microbial communities …

Background Fluorescent nanoparticles or quantum dots (QDs) have been intensely studied
for basic and applied research due to their unique size-dependent properties. There is an …

Antarctica is one of the most stressful environments for plant life and the Antarctic pearlwort
(Colobanthus quitensis) is adapted to the hostile conditions. Plant-associated …

Arthrobacter is a dominant aerobic bacterium under the class Actinobacteria, known for its
nutritionally versatile nature and wide prevalence in stressful environments. In the current …

Microorganisms dominate most of Antarctic ecosystems and play a crucial role in their
functioning. They are called extremophilic microorganisms with unique and versatile …

This study investigated the culturable aerobic phototrophic bacteria present in soil samples
collected in the proximity of the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Station in the Sør Rondane …

Pseudomonas sp. BGI-2 is a psychrotrophic bacterium isolated from the ice sample
collected from Batura glacier, Pakistan. This strain produces highly viscous colonies on agar …