@article{Won Hong_Kim_Choi_Kang_Yoon_2013, title={Isolation and description of a globally distributed cryosphere cyanobacterium from Antarctica}, volume={32}, url={https://polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/3098}, DOI={10.3402/polar.v32i0.18529}, abstractNote={<p>A previously uncultured cyanobacterium, strain KNUA009, was axenically isolated from a meltwater stream on Barton Peninsula, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Molecular evidences showed that the isolate belongs to groups of globally distributed cryosphere cyanobacterial clones and this new isolate represents the first laboratory culture to be assigned to these groups. Strain KNUA009 was able to thrive at low temperatures ranging between 5°C and 20°C, but did not survive at temperatures of 25°C and above. As the isolate morphologically resembled <em>Oscillatoria </em>species, it is suggested that this cyanobacterium may represent a new species clade with cold resistance within the genus <em>Oscillatoria</em>.</p><p>Keywords Barton Peninsular; cryosphere cyanobacteria; King George Island; uncultured Oscillatoria species.</p><p>(Published: 8 August 2013)</p><p>Citation: Polar Research 2013, <strong>32</strong>, 18529, <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.18529" target="_self">http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/polar.v32i0.18529</a></p&gt;}, journal={Polar Research}, author={Won Hong Ji and Kim Sung Hong and Choi Han-Gu and Kang Sung-Ho and Yoon Ho-Sung}, year={2013}, month={Aug.} }