Cryoconite is powdery windblown dust made of a combination of small rock particles, soot and microbes which is deposited and builds up on snow, glaciers...

bacteria from the genus of Sphingomonas which has been isolated from cryoconite from the Stubai Glacier in Tyrol in Austria. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de Straininfo...

non-motile bacterium from the genus Nocardioides that has been isolated from cryoconite of an alpine glacier in the Ötztal Alps in Austria. Zhang, DC; Schumann...

bacterium from the genus of Glaciimonas which has been isolated from cryoconite from the Tiefenbachferner glacier in Austria. Parte, A.C. "Glaciimonas"...

glaciers and snowfields of the Alps, where it feeds on substances such as cryoconite, pollen and plant remains and snow algae of the genus Chlamydomonas. The...

bacterium species from the genus Arthrobacter which has been isolated from cryoconite from the Banker glacier in the Ötztaler Alpen in Austria. Margesin, R;...

bacteria from the family of Microbacteriaceae which has been isolated from cryoconite of an alpine glacier. Schumann, Peter; Zhang, De-Chao; Redzic, Mersiha;...

states. Scientists have reported tardigrades in hot springs, in glacial cryoconite holes, on top of the Himalayas (6,000 m; 20,000 ft, above sea level),...

Virginia RA, Wall DH (2004). "The biodiversity and biogeochemistry of cryoconite holes from McMurdo Dry Valley glaciers, Antarctica". Arctic, Antarctic...

and other microorganisms produce pigments or help create a substance, cryoconite, all of which increase rotting and further the growth of the microorganisms...