Microbial ecology of hot and cold desert edaphic communities

• Main Author: Makhalanyane, Thulani Peter
• Other Authors: Cowan, D. A.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of the Western Cape 2012
• Subjects: Microbial ecology; Hypolithic communities; Cyanobacteria; Deserts; Antarctic; Miers; Miers Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4561

Philosophiae Doctor - PhD This thesis presents significant advances into the microbial ecology of hypolithic communities in two hyperarid deserts. Deserts account for one fifth of the Earths total surface area. These zones differ substantially in terms of climate, geomorphology, hydrology and vegeta...