Highly Heterogeneous Soil Bacterial Communities around Terra Nova Bay of Northern Victoria Land, Antarctica: e0119966

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 3
• Main Authors: Kim, Mincheol, Cho, Ahnna, Lim, Hyoun Soo, Hong, Soon Gyu, Kim, Ji Hee, Lee, Joohan, Choi, Taejin, Ahn, Tae Seok, Kim, Ok-Sun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Actinobacteria; Proteobacteria; PSE, Antarctica, Victoria Land; PS, Antarctica, Ross Dependency, Terra Nova Bay

Given the diminished role of biotic interactions in soils of continental Antarctica, abiotic factors are believed to play a dominant role in structuring of microbial communities. However, many ice-free regions remain unexplored, and it is unclear which environmental gradients are primarily responsib...