Hypolithic microbial communities of quartz rocks from Miers Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Polar Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1657-1668

  Khan, Nuraan ^a,b   Tuffin, Marla ^a   Stafford, William ^a,d   Cary, Craig ^c   Lacap, Donnabella C ^e   Pointing, Stephen B ^e   Cowan, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antarctic Dry Valleys; DGGE; Hypolith; Microbial colonisation; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; COLONIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; DOMINANCE; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LANDSCAPE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOSS; PHYLOGENETICS; QUARTZ; ROCK; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTARCTICA;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYUM; CHLOROPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; NOSTOCALES; OSCILLATORIALES;

EID: 80053991326     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1061-7     Document Type: Article

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