Diverse and highly active diazotrophic assemblages inhabit ephemerally wetted soils of the Antarctic Dry Valleys

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 376-390

  Niederberger, Thomas D ^a   Sohm, Jill A ^b   Tirindelli, Joëlle ^c   Gunderson, Troy ^b   Capone, Douglas G ^b   Carpenter, Edward J ^c   Cary, Stephen C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Activity; Antarctica; Community; Diazotrophs; Dry Valley

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CARBON; NITROGEN; NITROGENASE;

BIOMASS; CARBON FIXATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DIVERSITY INDEX; EOLIAN PROCESS; MELTWATER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCTION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SULFATE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NITROGEN FIXATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; CYANOBACTERIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, BACTERIAL; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROGENASE; PROTEOBACTERIA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84867699168     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01390.x     Document Type: Article

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