Preliminary Analysis of Life within a Former Subglacial Lake Sediment in Antarctica

Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 680-702

  Pearce, David A ^a,b,c   Hodgson, Dominic A ^b   Thorne, Michael A S ^b   Burns, Gavin ^b   Cockell, Charles S ^d  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Bacteria; Biodiversity; Lake; Polar; Sediment; Subglacial

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALEXANDER ISLAND; ANTARCTICA; HODGSON LAKE; WEST ANTARCTICA;

EID: 84886238230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d5030680     Document Type: Article

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