Phylogeography of microbial phototrophs in the dry valleys of the high Himalayas and Antarctica

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1706, 2011, Pages 702-708

  Schmidt, S K ^a   Lynch, R C ^a   King, A J ^a   Karki, D ^a   Robeson, M S ^a   Nagy, L ^b   Williams, M W ^c   Mitter, M S ^a   Freeman, K R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c EcoScience Scotland   (United Kingdom)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold deserts; Cryophilic algae; Cyanobacteria; Dry valleys; Subnival zone soils

Indexed keywords

ALGA; CYANOBACTERIUM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; HIMALAYAS; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 79951782718     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1254     Document Type: Article

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