Culturable bacteria in subglacial sediments and ice from two southern hemisphere glaciers

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-340

  Foght, J ^a   Aislabie, J ^b   Turner, S ^c   Brown, C E ^c   Ryburn, J ^b   Saul, D J ^c   Lawson, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ICE; PROKARYOTE; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CANIDAE; POLAROMONAS; POLAROMONAS VACUOLATA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOFERAX ANTARCTICUS;

EID: 3042808438     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-003-1036-5     Document Type: Article

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