Stable microbial community composition on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Stable microbial community composition on the Greenland Ice Sheet

The first molecular-based studies of microbes in snow and on glaciers have only recently been performed on the vast Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS). Aeolian microbial seeding is hypothesized to impact on glacier surface community compositions. Localized melting of glacier debris (cryoconite) into the sur...

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Main Authors: Michaela eMusilova, Martyn eTranter, Sarah A. Bennett, Jemma L. Wadham, Alexandre eAnesio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Snow
16S rRNA
cryoconite
Greenland ice sheet
Stable carbon isotopes
aeolian inputs
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00193/full

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