Psychrotrophic microorganism communities in soils of Haswell Island, Antarctica, and their biosynthetic potential

Polar Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 291-297

  Gesheva, V ^a   Negoita, T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^b Romanian Polar Research Institute   (Romania)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; East Antarctica; Enzymes; Haswell Island; Soil microbiota; Surfactants

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIPID; MICROALGA; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE; SPORULATION; SURFACTANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; CADOPHORA FASTIGIATA; CANDIDA; CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GRACILE; CHAMAESIPHON; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHIALOPHORA; CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM CLADOSPORIOIDES; CYANOBACTERIA; DERMOCARPA; EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FISCHERELLA; GEODERMATOPHILUS; HYPHOMYCETES; NOCARDIA; OSCILLATORIA; PENICILLIUM; PENICILLIUM VERRUCOSUM; PHOMA HERBARUM; SCOPULARIOPSIS; SCOPULARIOPSIS FUSCA; STREPTOMYCES; SYNECHOCOCCUS; ULOCLADIUM CONSORTIALE; UMBELOPSIS RAMANNIANA;

EID: 84855368014     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-011-1052-8     Document Type: Article

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