Bacterial Diversity in an Alpine Debris-Free and Debris-Cover Accumulation Zone Glacier Ice, North Sikkim, India.

ABSTRACT: The Himalayas are water tower for billions of people; however in recent years due to climate change several glaciers of Himalaya are receding or getting extinct which can lead to water scarcity and political tensions. Thus, it requires immediate attention and necessary evaluation of all the environmental parameters which can lead to conservation of Himalayan glaciers. This study is the first attempt to investigate the bacterial diversity from debris-free Changme Khang (CKG) and debris-cover Changme Khangpu (CK) glacier, North Sikkim, India. The abundance of culturable bacteria in CKG glaciers was 1.5 × 10⁴ cells/mL and CK glacier 1.5 × 10⁵ cells/mL. A total of 50 isolates were isolated from both the glacier under aerobic growth condition. The majority of the isolates

SUBMITTER: Sherpa MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6141397 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature