Metagenomic analysis of a Southern Maritime Antarctic soil

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: David Anthony Pearce, Kevin eNewsham, Michael eThorne, Leo eCalvo-Bado, Martin eKrsek, Paris eLaskaris, Andy eHodson, Elizabeth M H Wellington
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012
• Subjects: Bacteria; Metagenomics; Soil; 454 pyrosequencing; Polar; Antarctica; Microbiology; QR1-502; Alexander Island; Antarctic; Mars Oasis; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2012.00403; https://doaj.org/article/a6fc7a26124c4059b8194f7fe8b0d81e

Our current understanding of Antarctic soils is derived from direct culture on selective media, biodiversity studies based on clone library construction and analysis, quantitative PCR amplification of specific gene sequences and the application of generic microarrays for microbial community analysis...