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Soil microbial community and bacterial functional diversity at Machu Picchu, King George Island, Antarctica
Soil microbial community and bacterial functional diversity at Machu Picchu, King George Island, Antarctica
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2001
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Lahav Lavian I.
Vishnevetsky S.
Barness G.
Steinberger Y.
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Springer Nature
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to evaluate the potential contribution of the soil microbial community in the vicinity of two plant covers, Sanionia uncinata and Deschampsia antarctica, at Machu Picchu Station, King George Island, Antarctica.
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This research was supported by the Peruvian CONCYTEC Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia).
Keywords
vegetation cover,
biomass,
functional group,
microbial community,
respiration,
soil microorganism,
Antarctica