Bacterial succession in Antarctic soils of two glacier forefields on Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 128-142

  Bajerski, Felizitas ^a   Wagner, Dirk ^a,b  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene; Antarctica; Glacier forefield; Impact of soil parameters; Microbial communities; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUCCESSION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYANOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROTROPHY; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; CYANOBACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; ICE COVER; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LARSEMANN HILLS;

ACTINOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FLAVOBACTERIA; GEMMATIMONADETES;

EID: 84879417246     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12105     Document Type: Article

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