Microbial community structure and ecology of subglacial sediments in two polythermal Svalbard glaciers characterized by epifluorescence microscopy and PLFA

Polar Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-287

  Kaštovská, Klára ^a,c   Stibal, Marek ^a,b   Šabacká, Marie ^a,b   Černá, Barbora ^b   Šantrůčková, Hana ^b   Elster, Josef ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; FATTY ACID; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; PROGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUBGLACIAL DEPOSIT;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33846115021     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-006-0181-y     Document Type: Article

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