Hypolithic and soil microbial community assembly along an aridity gradient in the Namib Desert

Extremophiles

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 329-337

  Stomeo, Francesca ^a,f   Valverde, Angel ^a,e   Pointing, Stephen B ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^c   Warren Rhodes, Kimberley A ^c   Tuffin, Marla I ^a   Seely, Mary ^d   Cowan, Don A ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d DESERT RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f International Livestock Research Institute   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Cyanobacteria; Hypoliths; Namib Desert; Niche; Soils

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DESERT CLIMATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NAMIBIA; WEATHER;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DESERT CLIMATE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NAMIBIA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WEATHER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84874571666     PISSN: 14310651     EISSN: 14334909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-013-0519-7     Document Type: Article

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