Survival strategies of an anoxic microbial ecosystem in Lake Untersee, a potential analog for Enceladus.

Lake Untersee located in Eastern Antarctica, is a perennially ice-covered lake. At the bottom of its southern basin lies 20 m of anoxic, methane rich, stratified water, making it a good analog for Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. Here we present the first metagenomic study of this basin and detail the community composition and functional potential of the microbial communities at 92 m, 99 m depths and within the anoxic sediment.

Draft Genome Sequence from a Putative New Genus and Species in the Family within the Phylum , Isolated from Benthic Pinnacle Mats in Lake Untersee, Antarctica.

Here, we report the draft genome sequence for a new putative genus and species in the family within the order . Isolated from the metagenome of a benthic pinnacle-shaped mat in the Antarctic Lake Untersee, the members of this family have been found in biofilms and freshwater environments.