Deposition and postdeposition mechanisms as possible drivers of microbial population variability in glacier ice: MINIREVIEW

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 165-176

  Xiang, Shu Rong ^a,b   Shang, Tian Cui ^c   Chen, Yong ^d   Yao, Tan Dong ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Cryosphere and Environment   (China)

^c GANSU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposition; Climate and environment; Glacier; Microorganisms; Postdeposition

Indexed keywords

SNOW; BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

AEROSOL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLACIER; ICE; ICE CORE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

AEROSOL; ALGA; ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DRY DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLACIER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; WET DEPOSITION; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANTARCTICA; ASIA; CHINA; EAST ANTARCTICA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; VOSTOK STATION;

CYANOBACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUKARYOTA; ICE COVER; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 70349858073     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2009.00759.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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