Enumeration of thermophilic heterotrophs in Geothermally heated Soils from Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Hudson, J. Andrew, Daniel, Roy M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 1988
• Subjects: biology; Mount Erebus; Ross Island; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/4541

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...