1 Polar Terrestrial Environmental Systems, Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany.
2 Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
3 Institute of Polar Sciences (CNR-ISP), National Research Council, Spianata S. Rainei 86, 98122 Messina, Italy.
Low-temperature microbiology is intimately associated with the exploration of the polar regions, and research in recent decades has focused on characterizing the microbial biodiversity of the cryosphere [...].