Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6487582 | Current Opinion in Biotechnology | 2016 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
- We discuss how climate change may be leading to shifts in microbial diversity and ecosystem function in cold soils.
- We explore the dominant taxa in Arctic and Antarctic soils.
- We discuss crucial insights from leading papers, which have applied metagenomic approaches to study cold soils.
- We propose future avenues for research in Antarctica and the Arctic.
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Authors
Thulani Peter Makhalanyane, Marc Warwick Van Goethem, Don Arthur Cowan,