Bacterial diversity of weathered terrestrial Icelandic volcanic glasses

• Published in: Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: Kelly, Laura C., Cockell, Charles S., Piceno, Yvette M., Andersen, Gary L., Thorsteinsson, Thorsteinn, Marteinsson, Viggo
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Antarctic; Valafell; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/25972/; https://oro.open.ac.uk/25972/1/Kelly_et_al_Mic_Ecol_submission2_with_figures.doc; https://oro.open.ac.uk/25972/2/Kelly_Mic_Ecol_sub.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-010-9684-8

The diversity of microbial communities inhabiting two terrestrial volcanic glasses of contrasting mineralogy and age was characterised. Basaltic glass from a <0.8 Ma hyaloclastite deposit (Valafell) harboured a more diverse Bacteria community than the younger rhyolitic glass from ~150-300 AD (Dόm...