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Modern microbial mat sample from Lake Vanda in Wright Valley, collected at the sediment-water interface beneath 2 cm of ice (A) and a desiccated paleomat from the vicinity of Lake Vida in Victoria Valley, removed from beneath 20 cm of soil (B).
