Microbial communities in different Antarctic mineral deposits characterised by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE)

• Main Authors: Ganzert, L., Wagner, Dirk
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2007
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Livingston Island
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/17477/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/17477/1/Gan2007a.pdf; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.27830; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.27830.d001

Livingston Island, located at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula (Fig. 1),is characterised by an oceanic polar climate with temperatures above0°C for 4 months per year and a mean annual precipitation between 400and 500 mm. Under these conditions a soil formation can be observedand lichens, mosses an...