Studies of Soil Microorganisms, Inuvik, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Boyd, William L., Boyd, Josephine W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1971
• Subjects: Art; Biographies; History; Inuit; Starvation; Baker Lake region; Nunavut; Garry Lake region; Garry; Inuvik; Northwest Territories; Arctic; Baker Lake; inuit; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66182

A study of soil microorganisms of the Inuvik area (68°21'N, 133°40'W) was carried out during the summer of 1964. In almost all samples taken, psychrophilic, mesophilic, and especially thermophilic bacteria were found in greater numbers than in samples obtained from northern and southwester...