Bacterial communities from mineral soils located on Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Ganzert, L., Lipski, A., Pimpirev, C., Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang, Wagner, Dirk
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctica; Livingston Island; South Shetland Islands
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/20042/; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.31927

Microorganisms can be found in very different cold soil environments playing a major role in nutrient cycling in these habitats. We studied the dominant bacterial composition from nine soil profiles located on Livingston Island, Antarctica. Two vegetated sites (moss-covered) and seven mineral soil s...