Change of microbial communities in glaciers along a transition of air masses in western China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Xiang, Shu Rong ^a,b   Chen, Yong ^c   Shang, Tian Cui ^d   Jing, Ze Fan ^b   Wu, Guangjian ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Yili Normal University   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; BACTERIUM; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLONE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DATA SET; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIER; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SAMPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

CHINA; QIANGYONG GLACIER; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; FLEXIBACTERACEAE; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOFERAX;

EID: 78049387440     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JG001298     Document Type: Article

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