Key microbial drivers in Antarctic aquatic environments

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 303-335

  Wilkins, David ^a   Yau, Sheree ^a   Williams, Timothy J ^a   Allen, Michelle A ^a   Brown, Mark V ^a   Demaere, Matthew Z ^a   Lauro, Federico M ^a   Cavicchioli, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antarctic lakes; Antarctic microorganisms; Metagenomics; Microbial diversity; Microbial loop; Southern Ocean

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ALGAL BLOOM; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCHAEON; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CARBON FIXATION; CHEMOAUTOTROPHY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; DETRITUS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HALOBACTERIALES; HUMAN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARINE SPECIES; METAGENOMICS; METHANOGEN; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHY; REVIEW; RNA GENE; ROSEOBACTER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; METAGENOME; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84876113945     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12007     Document Type: Review

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