Resolving environmental drivers of microbial community structure in Antarctic soils

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Smith, Julie L., Barrett, John E., Tusnády, Gábor, Rejtö, Lídia, Cary, S. Craig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2010
• Subjects: Geology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Oceanography; Antarctic; Victoria Land; McMurdo Dry Valleys; New Zealand; Taylor Valley; Hallett; Cape Hallett; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102010000763; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102010000763

Abstract Antarctic soils are extremely cold, dry, and oligotrophic, yet harbour surprisingly high bacterial diversity. The severity of environmental conditions has constrained the development of multi-trophic communities, and species richness and distribution is thought to be driven primarily by abi...