Microbiota within the perennial ice cover of Lake Vida, Antarctica

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 274-288

  Mosier, Annika C ^a,b   Murray, Alison E ^a   Fritsen, Christian H ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antarctica; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Microbial assemblages; Perennially ice covered lake; Phylogenetic diversity

Indexed keywords

ICE; RNA 16S; WATER;

BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTE; ICE COMMUNITY; ICE COVER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; WATER COLUMN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANTARCTICA; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; HABITAT; HERITABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE, GREEN; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; FRESH WATER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENES, RRNA; ICE COVER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VIDA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33846221827     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00220.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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