Extract
“…we have seen no living thing, not even a moss or a lichen… It is certainly a valley of the dead;
Abstract
Is the lung microbiome alive? What we can learn from 1) the cold, dry, salty soil of Antarctica and 2) an elegant new translational study in the European Respiratory Journal. A new essay by @robertpdickson and @jenn_bak_. https://bit.ly/3p76a0L
Acknowledgements
The authors thank Jay Dickson for sharing both the image of Beacon Valley as well as his infectious passion for Antarctic research. J.M. Baker would especially like to thank her former research advisor, Matt Sattley, for the chance to study bacteria from the McMurdo Dry Valleys during her undergraduate years, sparking her enduring interest in microbiology.
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: J.M. Baker has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: R.P. Dickson has nothing to disclose.
- Received February 2, 2021.
- Accepted February 3, 2021.
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