Temperature sensitivity of bacterial growth in a hot desert soil with large temperature fluctuations

• Published in: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
• Main Authors: van Gestel, Natasja C., Reischke, Stephanie, Bååth, Erland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Temperature sensitivity; Bacterial growth; Desert; Leucine; incorporation; Temperature fluctuations; Community adaptation; Antarctic; Rinnan; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/4062692; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.05.016

Hot desert ecosystems are characterized by high soil temperatures with large fluctuations annually and diurnally. Thus, one could hypothesize that not only the microbial community would be adapted to high temperatures, but also have a large temperature range conducive for growth. We determined the t...