Temperature adaptation of soil bacterial communities along an Antarctic climate gradient: predicting responses to climate warming

• Published in: Global Change Biology
• Main Authors: Rinnan, Riikka, Rousk, Johannes, Yergeau, Etienne, Kowalchuk, George A., Bååth, Erland
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2009
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Q(10); leucine incorporation; community adaptation; climate warming; Antarctic; bacterial growth; soil; temperature response; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Anchorage; Signy Island; Anchorage Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/1507401; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01959.x

Soil microorganisms, the central drivers of terrestrial Antarctic ecosystems, are being confronted with increasing temperatures as parts of the continent experience considerable warming. Here we determined short-term temperature dependencies of Antarctic soil bacterial community growth rates, using...