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DOI | 10.1007/s10123-018-0008-z |
Great Salt Lake microbiology: a historical perspective | |
Baxter, Bonnie K. | |
通讯作者 | Baxter, Bonnie K. |
来源期刊 | INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY
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ISSN | 1139-6709 |
EISSN | 1618-1905 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 21期号:3页码:79-95 |
英文摘要 | Over geologic time, the water in the Bonneville basin has risen and fallen, most dramatically as freshwater Lake Bonneville lost enormous volume 15,000-13,000 years ago and became the modern day Great Salt Lake. It is likely that paleo-humans lived along the shores of this body of water as it shrunk to the present margins, and native peoples inhabited the surrounding desert and wetlands in recent times. Nineteenth century Euro-American explorers and pioneers described the geology, geography, and flora and fauna of Great Salt Lake, but their work attracted white settlers to Utah, who changed the lake immeasurably. Human intervention in the 1950s created two large sub-ecosystems, bisected by a railroad causeway. The north arm approaches ten times the salinity of sea water, while the south arm salinity is a meager four times that of the oceans. Great Salt Lake was historically referred to as sterile, leading to the nickname "America’s Dead Sea." However, the salty brine is teaming with life, even in the hypersaline north arm. In fact, scientists have known that this lake contains a diversity of microscopic lifeforms for more than 100 years. This essay will explore the stories of the people who observed and researched the salty microbiology of Great Salt Lake, whose discoveries demonstrated the presence of bacteria, archaea, algae, and protozoa that thrive in this lake. These scientists documented the lake’s microbiology as the lake changed, with input from human waste and the creation of impounded areas. Modern work on the microbiology of Great Salt Lake has added molecular approaches and illuminated the community structures in various regions, and fungi and viruses have now been described. The exploration of Great Salt Lake by scientists describing these tiny inhabitants of the brine illuminate the larger terminal lake with its many facets, anthropomorphic challenges, and ever-changing shorelines. |
英文关键词 | Great Salt Lake Extremophiles Halophiles Hypersaline History of science |
类型 | Review |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000452823400001 |
WOS关键词 | BONNEVILLE BASIN ; UTAH ; SALINITY ; COMMUNITIES ; DIVERSITY ; PROTOZOA ; MICROCOSM ; PATTERNS ; GRADIENT ; ECOLOGY |
WOS类目 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology ; Microbiology |
WOS研究方向 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology ; Microbiology |
来源机构 | Arizona State University |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/210303 |
作者单位 | Westminster Coll, Great Salt Lake Inst, 1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Baxter, Bonnie K.. Great Salt Lake microbiology: a historical perspective[J]. Arizona State University,2018,21(3):79-95. |
APA | Baxter, Bonnie K..(2018).Great Salt Lake microbiology: a historical perspective.INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY,21(3),79-95. |
MLA | Baxter, Bonnie K.."Great Salt Lake microbiology: a historical perspective".INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGY 21.3(2018):79-95. |
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