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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Rime T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4918445 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The ISME journal 20160115 7
Rapid disintegration of alpine glaciers has led to the formation of new terrain consisting of mineral debris colonized by microorganisms. Despite the importance of microbial pioneers in triggering the formation of terrestrial ecosystems, their sources (endogenous versus exogenous) and identities remain elusive. We used 454-pyrosequencing to characterize the bacterial and fungal communities in endogenous glacier habitats (ice, sub-, supraglacial sediments and glacier stream leaving the glacier fo ...[more]