Microbial community composition in soils of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Niederberger, Thomas D., McDonald, Ian R., Hacker, Amy L., Soo, Rochelle M., Barrett, John E., Wall, Diana H., Cary, S. Craig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Victoria Land
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01593.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1462-2920.2008.01593.x; http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01593.x/fullpdf

Summary Biotic communities and ecosystem dynamics in terrestrial Antarctica are limited by an array of extreme conditions including low temperatures, moisture and organic matter availability, high salinity, and a paucity of biodiversity to facilitate key ecological processes. Recent studies have dis...