Change of bacterial community in the Malan ice core and its relation to climate and environment

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 1869-1875

  Xiang, Shurong ^a   Yao, Tandong ^a,b   An, Lizhe ^a,c   Li, Zhen ^a   Wu, Guangjian ^b   Wang, Youqing ^a   Xu, Baiqing ^b   Wang, Junxia ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

"Typical Malan glacial bacteria"; Bacterial community concentration; Ice core; Phylogenetic; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33645178993     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0422     Document Type: Article

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