Characterisation of microbial communities associated with hypolithic environments in Antarctic Dry Valley soils

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD The Eastern Antarctic Dry Valley region is a polar desert, where conditions of extreme aridity, high temperature fluctuations and high irradiation levels make it one of the most extreme environments on earth. Despite the harsh environment, the soils in this region yield a w...

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Main Author: Khan, Nuraan
Other Authors: Cowan, Don A., Dept. of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of the Western Cape 2008
Subjects:
Antarctic soil
Microbiology
Microbial diversity
Antarctica
Dry Valleys
Antarctic
Antarc*
polar desert
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2789
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spelling ftunivwesterncap:oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/2789 2023-05-15T14:02:11+02:00 Characterisation of microbial communities associated with hypolithic environments in Antarctic Dry Valley soils Khan, Nuraan Cowan, Don A. Dept. of Biotechnology Faculty of Science 2008 http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2789 en eng University of the Western Cape http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2789 University of the Western Cape Antarctic soil Microbiology Microbial diversity Antarctica Dry Valleys Thesis 2008 ftunivwesterncap 2021-06-17T16:08:51Z Philosophiae Doctor - PhD The Eastern Antarctic Dry Valley region is a polar desert, where conditions of extreme aridity, high temperature fluctuations and high irradiation levels make it one of the most extreme environments on earth. Despite the harsh environment, the soils in this region yield a wide range of bacterial and eukaryotic phylotypes in greater abundance than previously believed. In the Dry Valleys, highly localized niche communities colonise the underside of translucent quartz rocks and present macroscopic growth. South Africa Thesis Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica polar desert University of the Western Cape: Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Library Antarctic
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topic Antarctic soil
Microbiology
Microbial diversity
Antarctica
Dry Valleys
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Microbiology
Microbial diversity
Antarctica
Dry Valleys
Khan, Nuraan
Characterisation of microbial communities associated with hypolithic environments in Antarctic Dry Valley soils
topic_facet Antarctic soil
Microbiology
Microbial diversity
Antarctica
Dry Valleys
description Philosophiae Doctor - PhD The Eastern Antarctic Dry Valley region is a polar desert, where conditions of extreme aridity, high temperature fluctuations and high irradiation levels make it one of the most extreme environments on earth. Despite the harsh environment, the soils in this region yield a wide range of bacterial and eukaryotic phylotypes in greater abundance than previously believed. In the Dry Valleys, highly localized niche communities colonise the underside of translucent quartz rocks and present macroscopic growth. South Africa
author2 Cowan, Don A.
Dept. of Biotechnology
Faculty of Science
format Thesis
author Khan, Nuraan
author_facet Khan, Nuraan
author_sort Khan, Nuraan
title Characterisation of microbial communities associated with hypolithic environments in Antarctic Dry Valley soils
title_short Characterisation of microbial communities associated with hypolithic environments in Antarctic Dry Valley soils
title_full Characterisation of microbial communities associated with hypolithic environments in Antarctic Dry Valley soils
title_fullStr Characterisation of microbial communities associated with hypolithic environments in Antarctic Dry Valley soils
title_full_unstemmed Characterisation of microbial communities associated with hypolithic environments in Antarctic Dry Valley soils
title_sort characterisation of microbial communities associated with hypolithic environments in antarctic dry valley soils
publisher University of the Western Cape
publishDate 2008
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Antarctica
polar desert
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Antarctica
polar desert
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