Cyanobacterial community composition in Arctic soil crusts at different stages of development

Cyanobacterial diversity in soil crusts has been extensively studied in arid lands of temperate regions, particularly semi-arid steppes and warm deserts. Nevertheless, Arctic soil crusts have received far less attention than their temperate counterparts. Here, we describe the cyanobacterial communit...

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Published in:FEMS Microbiology Ecology
Main Authors: Pushkareva, E., Pessi, I. S., Wilmotte, A., Elster, J. (Josef)
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
soil crust
Arctic
cyanobacteria
Svalbard
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiv143
http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0257414
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Summary:Cyanobacterial diversity in soil crusts has been extensively studied in arid lands of temperate regions, particularly semi-arid steppes and warm deserts. Nevertheless, Arctic soil crusts have received far less attention than their temperate counterparts. Here, we describe the cyanobacterial communities from various types of soil crusts from Svalbard, High Arctic. Four soil crusts at different development stages (ranging from poorly-developed to well-developed soil crusts) were analysed using 454 pyrosequencing of the V3-V4 variable region of the cyanobacterial 16S rRNA gene.

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