Diversity and structure of soil bacterial communities in the Fildes Region (maritime Antarctica) as revealed by 454 pyrosequencing

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Neng Fei eWang, Tao eZhang, Fang eZhang, En Tao eWang, Jian Feng eHe, Hui eDing, Bo Tao eZhang, Jie eLiu, Xiang Bin eRan, Jia Ye eZang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
• Subjects: 16S rRNA; Molecular Ecology; Bacterial communities; Antarctica; Soil geochemical property; Microbiology; QR1-502; Fildes; King George Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.01188; https://doaj.org/article/5933c2716c564d18aa1d9c24d692bf9d

This study assessed the diversity and composition of bacterial communities in four different soils (human-, penguin-, seal-colony impacted soils and pristine soil) in the Fildes Region (King George Island, Antarctica) using 454 pyrosequencing with bacterial-specific primers targeting the 16S rRNA ge...