Environmental microarray analyses of Antarctic soil microbial communities

• Published in: The ISME Journal
• Main Authors: Yergeau, Etienne, Schoondermark-Stolk, Sung A., Brodie, Eoin L., Déjean, Sébastien, DeSantis, Todd Z., Gonçalves, Olivier, Piceno, Yvette M., Andersen, Gary L., Kowalchuk, George A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2009
• Subjects: Agriculture and Soil Science; Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Coal nunatak; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11380/

Antarctic ecosystems are fascinating in their limited trophic complexity, with decomposition and nutrient cycling functions being dominated by microbial activities. Not only are Antarctic habitats exposed to extreme environmental conditions, the Antarctic Peninsula is also experiencing unequalled ef...