Cryptic microbial communities in Antarctic deserts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 19749-19750

  Cowan, Don A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHLORINE; DNA; LIPID; POTASSIUM; RNA 16S; SODIUM;

ANTARCTICA; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; DESERT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EUKARYOTE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; SALINITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; DESERT CLIMATE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 73949141766     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0911628106     Document Type: Note

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