Characterization of Chasmoendolithic Community in Miers Valley, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

• Published in: Microbial Ecology
• Main Authors: Yung, Cheuk Man, Chan, Yuki, Lacap, Donnabella C., Pérez-Ortega, Sergio, de los Rios-Murillo, Asuncion, Lee, Charles K., Cary, S. Craig, Pointing, Stephen B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Miers; Miers Valley; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://repository.ust.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-98504; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-014-0412-7; http://lbdiscover.ust.hk/uresolver?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rfr_id=info:sid/HKUST:SPI&rft.genre=article&rft.issn=0095-3628&rft.volume=v. 68&rft.issue=(2)&rft.date=2014&rft.spage=351&rft.aulast=Yung&rft.aufirst=C.C.M.&rft.atitle=Characterization+of+Chasmoendolithic+Community+in+Miers+Valley,+McMurdo+Dry+Valleys,+Antarctica&rft.title=Microbial+Ecology; http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?eid=2-s2.0-84904547176&origin=inward; http://gateway.isiknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=WOS&KeyUT=000339735300017

The Antarctic Dry Valleys are unable to support higher plant and animal life and so microbial communities dominate biotic ecosystem processes. Soil communities are well characterized, but rocky surfaces have also emerged as a significant microbial habitat. Here, we identify extensive colonization of...