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Review

Cryosphere Microbiome Biobanks for Mountain Glaciers in China

by
Anzhou Ma
1,2,*,†,
Jiejie Zhang
1,3,4,†,
Guohua Liu
1,2,
Xuliang Zhuang
1,5 and
Guoqiang Zhuang
1,2,*
1
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
2
College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3
Sino-Danish College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 101400, China
4
Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, Beijing 101400, China
5
Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
†
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Sustainability 2022, 14(5), 2903; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052903
Submission received: 29 January 2022 / Revised: 25 February 2022 / Accepted: 27 February 2022 / Published: 2 March 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biodiversity and Its Function and Global Change in Alpine Ecosystem)
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Abstract

The glaciers in China have an important role as one of the most climate-sensitive constituents of the Tibetan Plateau which is known as the Asian Water Tower. Although the cryosphere is one of the most extreme environments for organisms, the soils of the glacier foreland harbor surprisingly rich microbiomes. A large amount of accelerated glacier retreat accompanied by global warming will not only raise the sea level, but it will also lead to the massive release of a considerable amount of carbon stored in these glaciers. The responses of glacier microbiomes could alter the biogeochemical cycle of carbon and have a complex impact on climate change. Thus, understanding present-day and future glacier microbiome changes is crucial to assess the feedback on climate change and the impacts on ecosystems. To this end, we discuss here the diversity and biogeochemical functions of the microbiomes in Chinese mountain glacier ecosystems.
Keywords: glaciers; climate warming; microbiome; microbial diversity; carbon cycle glaciers; climate warming; microbiome; microbial diversity; carbon cycle

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Ma, A.; Zhang, J.; Liu, G.; Zhuang, X.; Zhuang, G. Cryosphere Microbiome Biobanks for Mountain Glaciers in China. Sustainability 2022, 14, 2903. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052903

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Ma A, Zhang J, Liu G, Zhuang X, Zhuang G. Cryosphere Microbiome Biobanks for Mountain Glaciers in China. Sustainability. 2022; 14(5):2903. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052903

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Ma, Anzhou, Jiejie Zhang, Guohua Liu, Xuliang Zhuang, and Guoqiang Zhuang. 2022. "Cryosphere Microbiome Biobanks for Mountain Glaciers in China" Sustainability 14, no. 5: 2903. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052903

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Ma, A., Zhang, J., Liu, G., Zhuang, X., & Zhuang, G. (2022). Cryosphere Microbiome Biobanks for Mountain Glaciers in China. Sustainability, 14(5), 2903. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14052903

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