High levels of spatial heterogeneity in the biodiversity of soil prokaryotes on Signy Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
• Main Authors: Chong, Chun Wie, Pearce, David, Convey, Peter, Tan, G.Y. Annie, Wong, Richard C.S., Tan, Irene K.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: Agriculture and Soil Science; Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Wallows; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/10476/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MImg&_imagekey=B6TC7-4Y0TJJY-2-8&_cdi=5163&_user=1773399&_pii=S0038071709004726&_orig=browse&_coverDate=04%2F30%2F2010&_sk=999579995&view=c&wchp=dGLzVlz-zSkzk&md5=f098e30ef6953386aac035f4abf956fe&ie=/sdarticle.pdf

In a previous study, soil bacterial diversity at environmentally distinct locations on Signy Island was examined using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiling, and a range of chemical variables in soils was determined in order to describe variations between them. The dominant bacter...