Geochemistry, fatty acid content and phylogenetic affiliation of soil samples from Livingston Island, South Shetland Archipelago, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Ganzert, Lars, Lipski, André, Hubberten, Hans-Wolfgang, Wagner, Dirk
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: PANGAEA 2011
• Subjects: Priority Programme 1158 Antarctic Research with Comparable Investigations in Arctic Sea Ice Areas; SPP1158; Arctic; Antarctic; Livingston Island; Antarc*; Antarctica; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.847799; https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.847799

Microorganisms inhabit very different soil habitats in the ice-free areas of Antarctica, playing a major role in nutrient cycling in cold environments. We studied the soil characteristics and the dominant bacterial composition from nine different soil profiles located on Livingston Island (maritime...