Diversity and physiology of culturable bacteria associated with a coastal Antarctic ice core

Microbiological Research

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 372-380

  Antony, Runa ^a   Krishnan, K P ^a   Laluraj, C M ^a   Thamban, Meloth ^a   Dhakephalkar, P K ^b   Engineer, Anupama S ^b   Shivaji, S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR ANTARCTIC AND OCEAN RESEARCH   (India)

^b AGHARKAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Antarctica; Bacteria; Diversity; Ecology; Ice

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTARCTIC ICE CORE; ANTARCTICA; BACILLUS SPECIES; BACTERIAL ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL GENUS; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; COLD ENVIRONMENT; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DIVERSITY; DUST CONCENTRATIONS; DUST PARTICLE; EARTH'S SURFACE; EAST ANTARCTICA; ICE CORE; IN-SITU; MARINE AEROSOLS; METHANESULFONATES; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL CELLS; POLAR ICE; POTENTIAL SOURCES; SEA SALTS; SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES;

BACTERIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ICE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; ICE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; COASTAL ZONE; GLACIOCHEMISTRY; ICE CORE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEA SALT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; QUEEN MAUD LAND;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BREVUNDIMONAS; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS; PAENIBACILLUS;

EID: 84860836943     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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