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CORRECTION article

Front. Microbiol. , 10 January 2024

Sec. Extreme Microbiology

Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1355342

This article is part of the Research Topic Studies on Life at the Energetic Edge – from Laboratory Experiments to Field-Based Investigations, Volume II View all 11 articles

Corrigendum: Modeled energetics of bacterial communities in ancient subzero brines

  • 1School of Oceanography and Astrobiology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
  • 2NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States
  • 3International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States

A corrigendum on
Modeled energetics of bacterial communities in ancient subzero brines

Kanaan, G., Hoehler, T. M., Iwahana, G., and Deming, J. W. (2023). Front. Microbiol. 14:1206641. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1206641

In the published article, there was an error. The temperature of the permafrost is incorrectly characterized as near-constant; although temperature was always below freezing, some changes occurred during the period considered.

A correction has been made to Material and Methods, Model assumptions and limitations, 2. This sentence previously stated:

“The assumption is not unreasonable given the hydrological isolation of the brines and the near-constant temperatures that have kept their surroundings frozen throughout their lifetimes (Iwahana et al., 2021; Osman et al., 2021).”

The corrected sentence appears below:

“The assumption is not unreasonable given the hydrological isolation of the brines and the temperatures that have kept their surroundings frozen throughout their lifetimes (Iwahana et al., 2021; Osman et al., 2021).”

There was another error resulting from a typo. The stated exponent for the value of dissolved inorganic carbon in CBIW is incorrect because the multiplier 10 was typed twice.

A correction has been made to Results, Brine dissolved inorganic carbon, 1. This sentence previously stated:

“The dissolved inorganic carbon content of frozen sediment from CBIW (in 2018) was 4.9 × 10 × 1010 fg C mL−1”.

The corrected sentence appears below:

“The dissolved inorganic carbon content of frozen sediment from CBIW (in 2018) was 4.9 × 1010 fg C mL−1”.

The authors apologize for these errors and state that they do not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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Keywords: cryopeg, Arctic, extremophiles, permafrost, maintenance energy

Citation: Kanaan G, Hoehler TM, Iwahana G and Deming JW (2024) Corrigendum: Modeled energetics of bacterial communities in ancient subzero brines. Front. Microbiol. 14:1355342. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1355342

Received: 13 December 2023; Accepted: 19 December 2023;
Published: 10 January 2024.

Edited and reviewed by: William J. Brazelton, The University of Utah, United States

Copyright © 2024 Kanaan, Hoehler, Iwahana and Deming. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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