Multiple energy sources and metabolic strategies sustain microbial diversity in Antarctic desert soils - Ortiz, Maximiliano; Leung, Pok Man; Shelley, Guy; Jirapanjawat, Thanavit; Nauer, Philipp A.; Van Goethem, Marc W.; Bay, Sean K.; Islam, Zahra F.; Jordaan, Karen; Vikram, Surendra; Chown, Steven L.; Hogg, Ian D.; et al. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2021)
Keywords: Aerobes; Aerobic microorganisms; Aerobic respiration; Antarctic Regions; Autotrophic Processes; Bayesian analysis; Biodiversity; Biological Sciences; Carbon fixation; Carbon monoxide; Coexistence; Desert Climate; Desert soils; Deserts; Energy harvesting; Energy requirements; Energy sources; Enzymes; Gas chromatography; Gases - metabolism; Genomes; Germfree; Glacial soils; Hydrogen; Hydrogenase; Hydrogenase - metabolism; Ice Cover - microbiology; Iron compounds; Metabolism; Metagenome; Metagenomics; Methanotrophic bacteria; Microbial activity; Microbiota; Microorganisms; Nickel compounds; Oxidation; Oxidation-Reduction; Oxidizing agents; Phototrophic Processes; Phylogeny; Physical Sciences; Sandy soils; Soil Microbiology; Soil microorganisms; Solar energy; Sulfur; Antarctic Regions; Antarctica; actinobacteria; Antarctica; metabolic water; hydrogen; trace gas