Soil and Water Bacteria in the Alaskan Subarctic Tundra
ABSTRACT. A study undertaken in a tundra area in southwestern Alaska showed that there were considerably greater numbers of bacteria in the soil than in the water. The highest plate count of a soil sample was 15,000,000 per gm., while of water it was 4,400 per ml. These counts were made of samples i...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.563.2938 http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic20-2-104.pdf |
| Summary: | ABSTRACT. A study undertaken in a tundra area in southwestern Alaska showed that there were considerably greater numbers of bacteria in the soil than in the water. The highest plate count of a soil sample was 15,000,000 per gm., while of water it was 4,400 per ml. These counts were made of samples incubated at 20°C. Progressively |
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