Bacterial characterization of the snow cover at Spitzberg, Svalbard

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 255-264

  Amato, Pierre ^a   Hennebelle, Raphaëlle ^b   Magand, Olivier ^b   Sancelme, Martine ^a   Delort, Anne Marie ^a   Barbante, Carlo ^c   Boutron, Claude ^b   Ferrari, Christophe ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

Arctic; Bacteria; Biodegradation; Cold environment; Snow

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; SNOW;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SNOW COVER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCTIC; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CELL DIVISION; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENE SEQUENCE; GLACIER; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; SUMMER;

ACETATES; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FORMATES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROPIONATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNOW;

ARCTIC; NY-ALESUND; SPITSBERGEN; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 33846258671     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2006.00198.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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