Prokaryotic Abundance and Activity in Permafrost of the Northern Victoria Land and Upper Victoria Valley (Antarctica)

• Published in: Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: La Ferla, Rosabruna, Azzaro, Maurizio, Michaud, Luigi, Caruso, Gabriella, Lo Giudice, Angelina, Paranhos, Rodolfo, Cabral, Anderson S, Conte, Antonella, Cosenza, Alessandro, Maimone, Giovanna, Papale, Maria, Rappazzo, Alessandro Ciro, GUGLIELMIN, MAURO
• Other Authors: Guglielmin, Mauro
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Antarctica; Microbial activity; Microbial community; Permafrost; Physiological profile; Ecology; Evolution; Behavior and Systematic; Soil Science; Victoria Land; Dy; Victoria Valley; Antarc*; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11383/2064363; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-017-0955-5

Victoria Land permafrost harbours a potentially large pool of cold-affected microorganisms whose metabolic potential still remains underestimated. Three cores (BC-1, BC-2 and BC-3) drilled at different depths in Boulder Clay (Northern Victoria Land) and one sample (DY) collected from a core in the D...