Bacterial diversity in Icelandic cold spring sources and in relation to the groundwater amphipod Crangonyx islandicus.

Crangonyx islandicus is a groundwater amphipod endemic to Iceland, considered to have survived the Ice Ages in subglacial refugia. Currently the species is found in spring sources in lava fields along the tectonic plate boundary of the country. The discovery of a groundwater species in this inaccess...

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Main Authors: Ragnhildur Guðmundsdóttir, Agnes-Katharina Kreiling, Bjarni Kristófer Kristjánsson, Viggó Þór Marteinsson, Snæbjörn Pálsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222527