Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils contain unexpectedly high levels of microbial biomass

dc.contributor.authorCowan, Donald A.
dc.contributor.authorMamais, A.
dc.contributor.authorRussell, Nick A.
dc.contributor.authorSheppard, Devon M.
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-21T10:41:39Z
dc.date.available2010-10-21T10:41:39Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractWe have applied bioluminescent ATP detection methods to microbial enumeration in Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils, and validated our ATP data by two independent methods. We have demonstrated that ATP measurement is a valid means of determining microbial biomass in such sites, and that the desiccated surface mineral soils of the Antarctic Dry Valleys contain cell numbers over four orders of magnitude higher than previously suggesteden_US
dc.identifier.citationCowan, D.A., Mamais, A., Sheppard, D., & Russell, N. (2002). Antarctic Dry Valley mineral soils contain unexpectedly high levels of microbial biomass. Extremophiles, 6(5):431-436.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/162
dc.inquiriesdcowan@uwc.ac.za
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmittertrue
dc.publisherSpringer Verlagen_US
dc.rightsThis is the author post-print of an article published by Springer Verlag. This version may be used in non-commercial applications subject to full acknowledgement
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-002-0276-5
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectATP measurementen_US
dc.subjectOrnithogenic soilsen_US
dc.subjectBioluminescenceen_US
dc.subjectMicrobial biomassen_US
dc.subjectAntarctic Dry Valleysen_US
dc.subjectAntarcticaen_US
dc.titleAntarctic Dry Valley mineral soils contain unexpectedly high levels of microbial biomassen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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