Microbes in thawing permafrost: The unknown variable in the climate change equation

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 709-712

  Graham, David E ^a   Wallenstein, Matthew D ^b   Vishnivetskaya, Tatiana A ^a,c   Waldrop, Mark P ^d   Phelps, Tommy J ^a   Pfiffner, Susan M ^c   Onstott, Tullis C ^e   Whyte, Lyle G ^f   Rivkina, Elizaveta M ^g   Gilichinsky, David A ^g   Elias, Dwayne A ^a   MacKelprang, Rachel ^h,i   Verberkmoes, Nathan C ^a   Hettich, Robert L ^a   Wagner, Dirk ^j   Wullschleger, Stan D ^k   Jansson, Janet K ^h,l,m  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE OF PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^h DOE JOINT GENOME INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^k OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^l LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^m JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; SNOW; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84858863009     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2011.163     Document Type: Note

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