Rapid microbial response to the presence of an ancient relic in the Antarctic Dry Valleys

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tiao, Grace ^a,b   Lee, Charles K ^a   McDonald, Ian R ^a   Cowan, Donald A ^c   Cary, S Craig ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; RNA 16S;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIDITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; SEAL; SOIL MICROFLORA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; COLD CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PHOCA; PHYLOGENY; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; COLD CLIMATE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUMMIES; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEALS, EARLESS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84863251078     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1645     Document Type: Article

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