Microbial Biodiversity of Thermophilic Communities in Hot Mineral Soils of Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus, Antarctica

• Main Author: Soo, Rochelle M.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: The University of Waikato 2007
• Subjects: Tramway Ridge; Mt Erebus; Bacteria; Archaea; Physico-chemical; culture-independent; Mount Erebus; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/2441

Only a few studies have looked at microbial biogeography in soils and whether microorganisms are endemic to an area is still debatable. Tramway Ridge, a geothermal area on Mount Erebus, Antarctica, provides a unique opportunity due to its isolation and extreme conditions to explore the possibilities...