Microbial Communities in Permafrost Soils of Larsemann Hills, Eastern Antarctica: Environmental Controls and Effect of Human Impact

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: Ivan Alekseev, Aleksei Zverev, Evgeny Abakumov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2020
• Subjects: extremophiles; Antarctica; soil parameters; human impact; microbial communities; Biology (General); QH301-705.5; Antarctic; Larsemann Hills; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8081202; https://doaj.org/article/ff5cfb63dd874d5abe894c91c212a799

Although ice-free areas cover only about 0.1% of Antarctica and are characterized by harsh environmental conditions, these regions provide quite diverse conditions for the soil-forming process, having various physical and geochemical properties, and also assuring different conditions for living orga...