Enumeration of thermophilic heterotrophs in Geothermally heated Soils from Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
Soil samples with temperatures up to 64°C were collected from Mount Erebus, an active volcano located on Ross Island, Antarctica. Acridine orange direct counts and most probable number counts of soil samples stored at 4°C for 2 months showed a wide variation in the number of thermophilic microorgani...
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Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
1988
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10289/4541 |
Summary: | Soil samples with temperatures up to 64°C were collected from Mount Erebus, an active volcano located on Ross Island, Antarctica. Acridine orange direct counts and most probable number counts of soil samples stored at 4°C for 2 months showed a wide variation in the number of thermophilic microorganisms in different soils. Organisms similar to Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum, Bacillus schlegelii, and Bacillus acidocaldarius, as well as neutrophilic Bacillus strains, were isolated. |
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