TY - BOOK ID - 704343 TI - Antarctic Terrestrial Microbiology : Physical and Biological Properties of Antarctic Soils PY - 2014 SN - 3642452132 3642452124 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Soil microbiology KW - Soil microbial ecology KW - Microbial ecology KW - Soil ecology KW - Soil micro-organisms KW - Soil microorganisms KW - Soils KW - Microbiology KW - Soil biology KW - Soilborne plant diseases KW - Bacteriology KW - Microbial ecology. KW - Bacteriology. KW - Microbial genetics. KW - Microbial genomics. KW - Geology. KW - Microbial Ecology. KW - Microbial Genetics and Genomics. KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Genomics KW - Microbial genetics KW - Microorganisms KW - Genetics KW - Environmental microbiology KW - Ecology KW - Antarctic Regions. KW - Antarctica. KW - Antarktis. KW - Südliches Polargebiet KW - Polargebiet KW - Südpolargebiet KW - Polargebiete KW - Antarctic regions KW - Polar regions KW - Antarctic KW - Antarctica UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:704343 AB - This book brings together many of the world’s leading experts in the fields of Antarctic terrestrial soil ecology, providing a comprehensive and completely up-to-date analysis of the status of Antarctic soil microbiology. Antarctic terrestrial soils represent one of the most extreme environments on Earth.  Once thought to be largely sterile, it is now known that these diverse and often specialized extreme habitats harbor a very wide range of different microorganisms. Antarctic soil communities are relatively simple, but not unsophisticated.  Recent phylogenetic and microscopic studies have demonstrated that these communities have well established trophic structuring, and play a significant role in nutrient cycling in these cold, and often dry desert ecosystems. They are surprisingly responsive to change, and potentially sensitive to climatic perturbation. Antarctic terrestrial soils also harbor specialized ‘refuge’habitats, where microbial communities develop under (and within) translucent rocks. These cryptic habitats offer unique models for understanding the physical and biological ‘drivers’ of community development, function and evolution. ER -