Characterization of bacterial communities in lithobionts and soil niches from Victoria Valley, Antarctica

• Published in: FEMS Microbiology Ecology
• Main Authors: Van Goethem, MW, Makhalanyane, TP, Valverde, A, Cary, SC, Cowan, DA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2016
• Subjects: Victoria Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/33v85617

Here we provide the first exploration of microbial diversity from three distinct Victoria Valley edaphic habitats, namely lithobionts (hypoliths, endoliths) and surface soils. Using a combination of terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) analysis and 16S rRNA gene amplicon pyrose...