High Bacterial Diversity of Biological Soil Crusts in Water Tracks over Permafrost in the High Arctic Polar Desert

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Steven, Blaire ^a   Lionard, Marie ^b,c   Kuske, Cheryl R ^a   Vincent, Warwick F ^b,c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACIDOBACTERIUM; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOLOGICAL SOIL CRUST; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PERMAFROST; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CYANOBACTERIA; ENVIRONMENT; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84881535226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071489     Document Type: Article

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