Clostridia Isolated from the Soil in the East Coast of Lutzow-Holm Bay, East Antarctica

• Main Author: Toshio MIWA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1975
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; East Antarctica; Rookery Lake; Syowa Station; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007818; https://doaj.org/article/cda86dd61c184084b5df8f95c5fe3173

From the soil (permafrost, moraine, penguins' rookery, lake, coast, etc.) collected in the area around Syowa Station, the Antarctica during 1972-1973, 150 strains of Clostridium were isolated and identified according to the VPI manual. 1) C. perfringens (28%), C. sordellii (22%), C. bifermentan...