Light-dependent microbial metabolisms drive carbon fluxes on glacier surfaces

ISME Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 2984-2988

  Franzetti, Andrea ^a   Tagliaferri, Ilario ^a   Gandolfi, Isabella ^a   Bestetti, Giuseppina ^a   Minora, Umberto ^b,d   Mayer, Christoph ^c   Azzoni, Roberto S ^b   Diolaiuti, Guglielmina ^b   Smiraglia, Claudio ^b   Ambrosini, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c BAVARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CARBON FLUX; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENERGY BUDGET; GLACIER; HETEROTROPHY; LIGHT EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; RESPIRATION; SURFACE ENERGY;

ALPS; ITALY; KARAKORAM; PAKISTAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

CARBON;

BACTERIUM; CARBON CYCLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ICE COVER; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

BACTERIA; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; CLIMATE; ICE COVER; LIGHT;

EID: 84964686310     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2016.72     Document Type: Article

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