Who lives at Utsteinen?: a look at heterotrophic bacterial diversity through cultivation

• Main Authors: Peeters, Karolien, Ertz, Damien, Willems, Anne
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Biology and Life Sciences; Antarctica; bacterial diversity; Princess Elisabeth Station; cultivation; Sør-Rondane; Sør Rondane Mountains; Utsteinen; Utsteinen Nunatak; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/978389; http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-978389

In 2007-2008, the Princess Elisabeth Station was built near the Utsteinen nunatak a few kilometres north of the Sør Rondane Mountains. To monitor the environmental impact, base line data on the biodiversity present before construction are needed. For this purpose, samples were collected during an ex...