Microbial diversity and activity in hypersaline high Arctic spring channels

Extremophiles

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-191

  Lay, Chih Ying ^a   Mykytczuk, Nadia C S ^a   Niederberger, Thomas D ^b   Martineau, Christine ^a,c   Greer, Charles W ^c   Whyte, Lyle G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic spring; Cryomicrobiology; Hypersaline; Methane seep; Polar microbial ecology; Thaumarchaeota

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARCHAEON; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; COLD; FREEZING; GEOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ARCHAEA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMISTRY; COLD TEMPERATURE; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; FREEZING; GEOLOGY; METHANE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINOBACTER; NESTERENKONIA; PLANOCOCCUS (BACTERIUM);

EID: 84857921827     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0417-9     Document Type: Article

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