Hypolithic microbial communities of quartz rocks from Miers Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

The McMurdo Dry Valleys region of eastern Antarctica is a cold desert that presents extreme challenges to life. Hypolithic microbial colonisation of the subsoil surfaces of translucent quartz rocks represent a significant source of terrestrial biomass and productivity in this region. Previous studie...

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Published in:Polar Biology
Main Authors: Tuffin, M, Stafford, W, Cary, C, Lacap, DC, Pointing, SB, Cowan, D, Khan, N
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Springer Verlag. The Journal's web site is located at http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00300/index.htm 2011
Subjects:
Phylogenetics
Antarctic Dry Valleys
Dgge
Hypolith
Microbial Colonisation
Antarctic
Garwood
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Miers
Miers Valley
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-011-1061-7
http://hdl.handle.net/10722/179257

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