Thermodynamic constraints on microbially mediated processes in lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 221-237

  Lee, Peter A ^b   Mikucki, Jill A ^a   Foreman, Christine M ^a   Priscu, John C ^a   DiTullio, Giacomo R ^b   Riseman, Sarah F ^b   de Mora, Stephen J ^c   Wolf, Craig F ^a   Kester, Laurie ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bacteria; Denitrification; Dimethylsulfide; Dimethylsulfoxide; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Polar lakes; Redox potential; Suboxic

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MINERAL; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; ICE LAKE; NITROGEN; SULFUR; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 1842636227     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490450490275884     Document Type: Article

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