Minimal influence of water and nutrient content on the bacterial community composition of a maritime Antarctic soil

• Published in: Microbiological Research
• Main Authors: Newsham, Kevin K., Pearce, David A., Bridge, Paul D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: Agriculture and Soil Science; Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Alexander Island; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Mars Oasis; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12537/

Bacterial community composition was determined by culture-independent PCR-based methods in two soils differing markedly in their water, C, N and P contents sampled from Mars Oasis on Alexander Island, western Antarctic Peninsula. 16S rRNA sequences of the phyla Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, alpha-P...