Microbial diversity on icelandic glaciers and ice caps

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Lutz, Stefanie ^a   Anesio, Alexandre M ^c   Edwards, Arwyn ^d,e   Benning, Liane G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albedo; Archaea; Bacteria; Glaciers; Iceland; Microbial diversity; Sequencing; Snow algae

Indexed keywords

ASTAXANTHIN; CARBON; CHLOROPHYLL A; CHLOROPHYLL B; FATTY ACID; FERRIC OXIDE; MINERAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHATE; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE; RNA 16S; RNA 18S; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALGA; ALGAL GROWTH; ALVEOLATA; ANCYLONEMA; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; CHLAMYDOMONADACEAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROMONAS POLYPTERA; CYANOBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYOPHYTA; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLACIER; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ICE CAP; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MESOTAENIUM; METHANOSARCINALES; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBOTRYOMYCETES; NITROSOSPHAERALES; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOTHECA CUTIS; PYROLYSIS; RAPHIDONEMA SEMPERVIRENS; RHIZARIA; STRAMENOPILE; TEMPERATURE; THAUMARCHAEOTA; TRANSESTERIFICATION; VIRIDIPLANTAE; VOLCANIC ASH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CHLAMYDOMONADACEAE; CHLOROMONAS POLYPTERA; EUKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RAPHIDONEMA;

EID: 84927129396     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00307     Document Type: Article

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