Evidence of global-scale aeolian dispersal and endemism in isolated geothermal microbial communities of Antarctica

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Herbold, Craig W ^a   Lee, Charles K ^a   McDonald, Ian R ^a,b   Cary, S Craig ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; TAXONOMY;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANTARCTICA; ARCHAEON; ARTICLE; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PYROSEQUENCING; SOIL; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; THERMOPHILE; ARCHAEAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WIND;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MOUNT EREBUS; ROSS ISLAND;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WIND;

EID: 84901236475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4875     Document Type: Article

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