Microbial community composition of transiently wetted Antarctic Dry Valley soils

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Niederberger, Thomas D., Sohm, Jill A., Gunderson, Troy E., Parker, Alexander E., Tirindelli, Joëlle, Capone, Douglas G., Carpenter, Edward J., Cary, S. Craig
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: FRONTIERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION 2015
• Subjects: Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Microbiology; Dry Valley; Antarctica; microbial diversity; microbial community; hyporheic; POLAR DESERT; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; VICTORIA LAND; SP-NOV; FAMILY FLAVOBACTERIACEAE; TAYLOR VALLEY; MINERAL SOILS; LAKE ICE; STREAMS; BIODIVERSITY; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Taylor Valley; Antarc*; polar desert
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/9342; https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00009

During the summer months, wet (hyporheic) soils associated with ephemeral streams and lake edges in the Antarctic Dry Valleys (DVs) become hotspots of biological activity and are hypothesized to be an important source of carbon and nitrogen for arid DV soils. Recent research in the DV has focused on...