Sublithic bacteria associated with Antarctic quartz stones

Antarctic Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-184

  Smith, Matthew C ^a   Bowman, John P ^a   Scott, Fiona J ^b   Line, Martin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Cyanobacteria; Psychrophilic bacteria; Quartz; Soil; Sublithic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; QUARTZ; REFUGE;

ANTARCTICA; VESTFOLD HILLS;

CYTOPHAGALES; PHORMIDIUM;

EID: 0034213496     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0954102000000237     Document Type: Article

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