Cultivable bacteria from ancient algal mats from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Extremophiles

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 105-114

  Antibus, Doug E ^a   Leff, Laura G ^a   Hall, Brenda L ^b   Baeseman, Jenny L ^c   Blackwood, Christopher B ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient algal mats; Antarctica; Bacteria; Dormancy; Psychrophiles

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROALGA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; MICROALGAE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS-THERMUS; FIRMICUTES; POSIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPOROSARCINA; THERMUS;

EID: 84155180908     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0410-3     Document Type: Article

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