Resolving environmental drivers of microbial community structure in Antarctic soils

• Published in: Antarctic Science
• Main Authors: Smith, Julie L., Barrett, John E., Tusnady, Gabor, Rejto, Lidia, Cary, S. Craig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Antarctic Science Ltd 2009
• Subjects: abiotic controls; ARISA; McMurdo Dry Valleys; ornithogenic; Antarctic; Victoria Land; New Zealand; Taylor Valley; Hallett; Cape Hallett; Antarc*; Antarctic Science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/5088; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954102010000763

Antarctic soils are extremely cold, dry, and oligotrophic, yet harbour surprisingly high bacterial diversity. The severity of environmental conditions has constrained the development of multi-trophic communities, and species richness and distribution is thought to be driven primarily by abiotic fact...