High Levels of Spatial Heterogeneity in The Biodiversity of Soil Prokaryotes on Signy Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Chong, C.W., Pearce, D.A., Convey, P., Tan, G.Y.A., Wong, R.C.S., Tan, I.K.P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR Microbiology; Antarctic; Signy Island; South Orkney Islands; Wallows; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/5394/

In a previous study, soil bacterial diversity at environmentally distinct locations on Signy Island was examined using denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiling, and a range of chemical variables in soils was determined in order to describe variations between them. The dominant bacter...