Culturable aerobic heterotrophic bacteria from high altitude, high latitude soil of la Gorce Mountains (86°30'S, 147°W), Antarctica

Antarctic Science

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-321

  Aislabie, Jackie M ^a   Broady, Paul A ^b   Saul, David J ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental tolerances; Microbial physiology; Terrestrial ecosystems

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BACTERIUM; CARBON; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; HETEROTROPHY; LATITUDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; RNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ANTARCTICA; LA GORCE MOUNTAINS; TRANSANTARCTIC MOUNTAINS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BREVUNDIMONAS; CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33747889111     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102006000368     Document Type: Article

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