Structure and diversity of bacterial, eukaryotic and archaeal communities in glacial cryoconite holes from the Arctic and the Antarctic

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 254-267

  Cameron, Karen A ^a,c   Hodson, Andrew J ^a,b   Osborn, A Mark ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaea; Cryoconite; Glacier; Microbial diversity; Photoautotrophs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CRYOSPHERE; EUKARYOTE; GLACIER; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANTARCTICA; ARCHAEON; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOTA; CLASSIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCHAEA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIOTA; EUKARYOTA; GENES, RRNA; ICE COVER; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CENTROHELIOZOA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FIRMICUTES; HAPTOPHYCEAE; RHIZARIA;

EID: 84864379481     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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