Removal of Exogenous Materials from the Outer Portion of Frozen Cores to Investigate the Ancient Biological Communities Harbored Inside

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July 3rd, 2016

DOI :

10.3791/54091-v

July 3rd, 2016

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Robyn A. Barbato¹, Natàlia Garcia-Reyero², Karen Foley¹, Robert Jones¹, Zoe Courville³, Thomas Douglas⁴, Edward Perkins², Charles M. Reynolds⁴

¹Biogeochemical Sciences Branch, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Hanover, NH, ²Environmental Processes Branch, Environmental Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Vicksburg, MS, ³Terrestrial and Cryospheric Scienes Branch, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Hanover, NH, ⁴Biogeochemical Sciences Branch, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, US Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Fairbanks, AK

Summary

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Keywords Cryosphere

Frozen Cores

Exogenous Material Removal

Ancient Biological Communities

Decontamination

Sterile Technique

Cold Room Preparation

Team based Procedure

Chapters in this video

0:05

Title

1:06

Material Preparation

3:24

Permafrost and Ice Core Processing in a Cold Room Facility

5:33

Check for Growth of S. marcescens Colonies

7:25

Results: Permafrost Tunnel Samples, Fox, AK

8:15

Conclusion

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