Microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of continental antarctic soils

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue APR, 2014, Pages

  Cowan, Don A ^a   Makhalanyane, Thulani P ^a   Dennis, Paul G ^b   Hopkins, David W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Antarctica; Carbon; Hypoliths; Microbial ecology; Nitrogen; Soil; Threats and impacts

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DENITRIFICATION; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FREEZE THAWING; FUNGAL COMMUNITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROFLORA; WATER AVAILABILITY;

EID: 84899672378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00154     Document Type: Article

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