Chitinase Genes in Lake Sediments of Ardley Island, Antarctica

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Xiao, Xiang, Yin, Xuebin, Lin, Jian, Sun, Liguang, You, Ziyong, Wang, Peng, Wang, Fengping
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2005
• Subjects: Microbial Ecology; Guano; Ardley; Ardley Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1317360; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16332766; https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.71.12.7904-7909.2005

A sediment core spanning approximately 1,600 years was collected from a lake on Ardley Island, Antarctica. The sediment core had been greatly influenced by penguin guano. Using molecular methods, the chitinolytic bacterial community along the sediment core was studied over its entire length. Primers...