Small-Scale Soil Microbial Community Heterogeneity Linked to Landform Historical Events on King George Island, Maritime Antarctica

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yumin, Lu, Lu, Chang, Xulu, Jiang, Fan, Gao, Xiangdong, Yao, Yifeng, Li, Chengsen, Cao, Shunan, Zhou, Qiming, Peng, Fang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: FRONTIERS MEDIA SA 2018
• Subjects: soil-borne microbial community; small-scale spatial heterogeneity; landform; maritime Antarctica; Miseq sequencing platform; phospholipid fatty acid; Microbiology; ROSS SEA REGION; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; FUNGAL COMMUNITIES; FILDES PENINSULA; VICTORIA LAND; ADMIRALTY BAY; PATTERNS; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ARCHAEA; GRADIENT; Ross Sea; King George Island; Victoria Land; Admiralty Bay; Fildes; Fildes peninsula; Raised Beach; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://ir.ibcas.ac.cn/handle/2S10CLM1/20328; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.03065

Although research on microbial biogeography has made great progress in the past decade, distributions of terrestrial microbial communities in extreme environments such as Antarctica are not well understood. In addition, knowledge of whether and how historical contingencies affect microbial distribut...