Microbial colonization in diverse surface soil types in Surtsey and diversity analysis of its subsurface microbiota

• Published in: Biogeosciences
• Main Authors: Marteinsson, V., Klonowski, A., Reynisson, E., Vannier, P., Sigurdsson, B. D., Ólafsson, M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Surtsey
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-12-1191-2015; https://www.biogeosciences.net/12/1191/2015/

Colonization of life on Surtsey has been observed systematically since the formation of the island 50 years ago. Although the first colonisers were prokaryotes, such as bacteria and blue–green algae, most studies have been focused on the settlement of plants and animals but less on microbial success...