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An ikaite column, an alkaline, low-saline and cold environment from the Ikka Fjord in Greenland. The interior of the calcium carbonate column contains a large number of alkaliphilic and psychrophilic bacteria, whereas the exterior of the column harbours a wide variety of marine animals and algae. Rhodonellum psychrophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes, has been isolated from an ikaite column. Image courtesy P. Stougaard, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark. See the paper by Schmidt et al. in this issue, pp. 2887-2892.