ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2014
Microbial ecology and biogeochemistry of continental Antarctic soils.
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56 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.
- Atmospheric Microbial Transport to Antarctica and Its Ecological Implications: A Systematic Review.Environmental microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Isolation of Radiation-Resistant Bacteria from Mars Analog Antarctic Dry Valleys by Preselection, and the Correlation between Radiation and Desiccation Resistance.Astrobiology · 2015Pooled it
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- Regional consistency in microbial community responses to hydrocarbon pollution in maritime Antarctic soils.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Ubiquity and Dominance of Comammox Over AOB and AOA and their Links To ARGs in Antarctic Lake Sediments.Microbial ecology · 2025Article
- Antarctic ice-free terrestrial microbial functional redundancy in core ecological functions and microhabitat-specific microbial taxa and adaptive strategy.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
- Advocating microbial diversity conservation in Antarctica.npj biodiversity · 2025Review
- Bacterial community composition and function in different habitats in Antarctic Fildes region revealed by high-throughput sequencing.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Distinct Bacterial Communities Within the Nonrhizosphere, Rhizosphere, and Endosphere of Ammodendron bifolium Under Winter Condition in the Takeermohuer Desert.Microbial ecology · 2024Article
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- New insights into the structure and function of microbial communities in Maxwell Bay, Antarctica.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Geology defines microbiome structure and composition in nunataks and valleys of the Sør Rondane Mountains, East Antarctica.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Rapid growth rate responses of terrestrial bacteria to field warming on the Antarctic Peninsula.The ISME journal · 2023Article
- Structure and functions of a multireplicon genome of Antarctic Psychrobacter sp. ANT_H3: characterization of the genetic modules suitable for the construction of the plasmid-vectors for cold-active bacteria.Journal of applied genetics · 2023Article
- Spatial and temporal conversion of nitrogen usingFrontiers in microbiology · 2023Article
- Enzymatic and Antimicrobial Activities in Polar Strains of Microscopic Soil Fungi.Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections · 2022Article
- Atmospheric chemosynthesis is phylogenetically and geographically widespread and contributes significantly to carbon fixation throughout cold deserts.The ISME journal · 2022Article
- Microbial Community Composition of the Antarctic Ecosystems: Review of the Bacteria, Fungi, and Archaea Identified through an NGS-Based Metagenomics Approach.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- An Appraisal of Bacteriophage Isolation Techniques from Environment.Microbial ecology · 2022Review
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Abstract
The Antarctica Dry Valleys are regarded as the coldest hyperarid desert system on Earth. While a wide variety of environmental stressors including very low minimum temperatures, frequent freeze-thaw cycles and low water availability impose severe limitations to life, suitable niches for abundant microbial colonization exist. Antarctic desert soils contain much higher levels of microbial diversity than previously thought. Edaphic niches, including cryptic and refuge habitats, microbial mats and permafrost soils all harbor microbial communities which drive key biogeochemical cycling processes. For example, lithobionts (hypoliths and endoliths) possess a genetic capacity for nitrogen and carbon cycling, polymer degradation, and other system processes. Nitrogen fixation rates of hypoliths, as assessed through acetylene reduction assays, suggest that these communities are a significant input source for nitrogen into these oligotrophic soils. Here we review aspects of microbial diversity in Antarctic soils with an emphasis on functionality and capacity. We assess current knowledge regarding adaptations to Antarctic soil environments and highlight the current threats to Antarctic desert soil communities.
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