Microbial growth under humic-free conditions in a supraglacial stream system on the Cotton Glacier, Antarctica

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Foreman, Christine M ^a   Cory, Rose M ^b   Morris, Cindy E ^c   Sanclements, Michael D ^d   Smith, Heidi J ^a   Lisle, John T ^e   Miller, Penney L ^f   Chin, Yu Ping ^g   McKnight, Diane M ^d  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Earth and Environmental Sciences 2534 CC Little Building   (United States)

^c INRA   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f ROSE HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dissolved organic matter (DOM); extracellular emission matrices (EEMs); fluorescence; ice nucleation activity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; COTTON; FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS;

BACTERIAL PRODUCTION; CHLOROPHYLL-A CONCENTRATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; EXTRACELLULAR; ICE NUCLEATION; MICROBIAL ADAPTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; NATURAL LABORATORIES;

FLUOROPHORES;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ICE MECHANICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUCLEATION; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; PIGMENT; STREAMWATER;

ANTARCTICA; COTTON GLACIER; EAST ANTARCTICA;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84885455954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/3/035022     Document Type: Article

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