Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils contain unexpectedly high levels of microbial biomass
We have applied bioluminescent ATP detection methods to microbial enumeration in Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils, and validated our ATP data by two independent methods. We have demonstrated that ATP measurement is a valid means of determining microbial biomass in such sites, and that the desiccat...
Published in: | Extremophiles |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Springer Verlag
2002
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/162 |
Summary: | We have applied bioluminescent ATP detection methods to microbial enumeration in Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils, and validated our ATP data by two independent methods. We have demonstrated that ATP measurement is a valid means of determining microbial biomass in such sites, and that the desiccated surface mineral soils of the Antarctic Dry Valleys contain cell numbers over four orders of magnitude higher than previously suggested |
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