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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : Antarctic terrestrial microbiology [Texte électronique] : physical and biological properties of Antarctic soils / Don A. Cowan, editor
Publication : Berlin : Springer, cop. 2014
Description matérielle : 1 ressource dématérialisée
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references
This book brings together many of the world's leading experts in the fields of Antarctic
terrestrial soil ecology, providing a comprehensive and completely up-to-date analysis
of the status of Antarctic soil microbiology. Antarctic terrestrial soils represent
one of the most extreme environments on Earth. Once thought to be largely sterile,
it is now known that these diverse and often specialized extreme habitats harbor a
very wide range of different microorganisms. Antarctic soil communities are relatively
simple, but not unsophisticated. Recent phylogenetic and microscopic studies have
demonstrated that these communities have well established trophic structuring, and
play a significant role in nutrient cycling in these cold, and often dry desert ecosystems.
They are surprisingly responsive to change, and potentially sensitive to climatic
perturbation. Antarctic terrestrial soils also harbor specialized 'refuge'habitats,
where microbial communities develop under (and within) translucent rocks. These cryptic
habitats offer unique models for understanding the physical and biological 'drivers'
of community development, function and evolution
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Cowan, Don A.. Fonction indéterminée
Indice(s) Dewey :
579.175 7 (23e éd.) = Biologie des microorganismes, des champignons inférieurs, des algues - Écologie
du sol
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9783642452130
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44708387w
Notice n° :
FRBNF44708387
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Introduction / Don A. Cowan ; Bacterial community structures of Antarctic soils /
Eric M. Bottos, Joshua W. Scarrow, Stephen D.J. Archer, Ian R. McDonald and S. Craig
Cary ; Fungal diversity in Antarctic soils / Brett E. Arenz, Robert A. Blanchette
and Roberta L. Farrell ; Invertebrates / Ian D. Hogg, Mark I. Stevens and Diana H.
Wall ; What do we know about viruses in terrestrial Antarctica? / D.W. Hopkins, M.M.
Swanson and M.E. Taliansky ; Microbiology of eutrophic (ornithogenic and hydrocarbon-contaminated)
soil / Jackie M. Aislabie, Phil M. Novis and Belinda Ferrari ; Fell-field soil microbiology
/ Etienne Yergeau ; Biological soil crusts / Burkhard Büdel and Claudia Colesie ;
Lithobionts : cryptic and refuge niches / Thulani P. Makhalanyane, Stephen B. Pointing
and Don A. Cowan ; Microbial ecology of geothermal habitats in Antarctica / Craig
W. Herbold, Ian R. McDonald and S. Craig Cary ; Microbial life in Antarctic permafrost
environments / Jacqueline Goordial and Ly
