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

@article{Cowan02, abstract = {We 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 suggested. {\copyright} Springer-Verlag 2002.}, address = {Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, Cape Town, South Africa}, author = {Cowan, D. A. and Russell, N. J. and Mamais, A. and Sheppard, D. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {1572760}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-002-0276-5}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.scopus.com/record/display.url?view=extended&origin=resultslist&eid=2-s2.0-0036782842}, doi = {10.1007/s00792-002-0276-5}, journal = {Extremophiles}, keywords = {atp}, number = {5}, pages = {431--436}, posted-at = {2007-08-17 18:48:05}, priority = {5}, title = {{Antarctic Dry Valley} mineral soils contain unexpectedly high levels of microbial biomass}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-002-0276-5}, volume = {6}, year = {2002} }

TY - JOUR ID - Cowan02 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1572760 N2 - We 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 suggested. © Springer-Verlag 2002. IS - 5 JF - Extremophiles AD - Department of Biotechnology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville 7535, Cape Town, South Africa EP - 436 TI - {Antarctic Dry Valley} mineral soils contain unexpectedly high levels of microbial biomass VL - 6 SP - 431 KW - atp AU - Cowan, DA AU - Russell, NJ AU - Mamais, A AU - Sheppard, DM PY - 2002/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00792-002-0276-5 ER -