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DOI | 10.1080/01490450802403057 |
Endolithic Microbial Communities in Polar Desert Habitats | |
Omelon, Christopher R. | |
通讯作者 | Omelon, Christopher R. |
来源期刊 | GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL |
ISSN | 0149-0451 |
出版年 | 2008 |
卷号 | 25期号:7-8页码:404-414 |
英文摘要 | Microorganisms inhabiting terrestrial endolithic habitats are widespread in polar environments including the Antarctic Dry Valleys and the Canadian high Arctic. Their ability to survive in these harsh environments is a result of their finding protection from extremes in temperature, aridity, radiation and winds by colonizing nutrient-rich subsurface habitats that provide more amenable conditions for growth, often developing as vertically stratified communities that include fungi, algae, cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria. Despite finding some refuge from climatic extremes, endolithic microorganisms commonly produce extracellular polysaccharides to avoid desiccation and minimize the damaging effects of freeze-thaw cycles. These microorganisms are geochemically reactive with their endolithic surroundings, observed as heterogeneous concentrations and distributions of metals resulting from mineral dissolution and precipitation reactions as well as element and nutrient release and cycling. Novel microscopy techniques such as SEM-BSE reveal much information about the physiological state of these microorganisms in situ, and show how under specific conditions, microbe-mineral interactions produce unique biosignatures of interest to studies in astrobiology. Their ability to change in situ pH conditions shows that can be directly involved in weathering of endolithic habitats, but the ecology of a given endolithic microbial community can have varying effects on rates of rock weathering. These differences in weathering rates may be an important control on microbial species diversity in polar desert endolithic habitats. |
英文关键词 | endolithic microorganisms geomicrobiology astrobiology biosignatures polar habits |
类型 | Review |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000260120100010 |
WOS关键词 | ANTARCTIC COLD DESERT ; ARCTIC CRYPTOENDOLITHIC HABITATS ; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS ; ROSS DESERT ; ATACAMA DESERT ; SP-NOV ; CYANOBACTERIUM CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS ; CONTINENTAL ANTARCTICA ; NIAGARA ESCARPMENT ; FOSSIL FORMATION |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/157428 |
作者单位 | (1)Univ Texas Austin, Dept Geol Sci, Jackson Sch Geosci, Austin, TX 78712 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Omelon, Christopher R.. Endolithic Microbial Communities in Polar Desert Habitats[J],2008,25(7-8):404-414. |
APA | Omelon, Christopher R..(2008).Endolithic Microbial Communities in Polar Desert Habitats.GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL,25(7-8),404-414. |
MLA | Omelon, Christopher R.."Endolithic Microbial Communities in Polar Desert Habitats".GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL 25.7-8(2008):404-414. |
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