Patterns of bacterial diversity across a range of Antarctic terrestrial habitats

• Published in: Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Yergeau, Etienne, Newsham, Kevin K., Pearce, David A., Kowalchuk, George A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Blackwell 2007
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Ecology and Environment; Antarctic; Anchorage; Ellsworth Mountains; Fossil Bluff; Mars Oasis; Coal nunatak; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/6001/; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01379.x

Although soil-borne bacteria represent the world's greatest source of biological diversity, it is not well understood whether extreme environmental conditions, such as those found in Antarctic habitats, result in reduced soil-borne microbial diversity. To address this issue, patterns of bacteri...