Rapid microbial dynamics in response to an induced wetting event in Antarctic Dry Valley Soils

The cold deserts of the McMurdo Dry Valleys (MDV), Antarctica, host a high level of microbial diversity. Microbial composition and biomass in arid vs. ephemerally wetted regions are distinctly different, with wetted communities representing hot spots of microbial activity that are important zones fo...

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Published in:Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors: Niederberger, Thomas D., Bottos, Eric M., Sohm, Jill A., Gunderson, Troy, Parker, Alex, Coyne, Kathryn J., Capone, Douglas G., Carpenter, Edward J., Cary, S. Craig
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media SA 2019
Subjects:
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Microbiology
Dry Valleys
climate change
cyanobacteria
DNA fingerprinting
wetting
GLACIAL MELTWATER STREAM
TAYLOR VALLEY
VICTORIA LAND
COMMUNITY COMPOSITION
TRANSIENT STORAGE
ORGANIC RESOURCES
SALINITY GRADIENT
HYPORHEIC ZONE
DIVERSITY
BACTERIAL
Antarctic
McMurdo Dry Valleys
Taylor Valley
Victoria Land
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10289/12998
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00621

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