Hypolithic and soil microbial community assembly along an aridity gradient in the Namib Desert

The Namib Desert is considered the oldest desert in the world and hyperarid for the last 5 million years. However, the environmental buffering provided by quartz and other translucent rocks supports extensive hypolithic microbial communities. In this study, open soil and hypolithic microbial communi...

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Main Authors: Stomeo, Francesca, Valverde, A., Pointing, S.B., McKay, C.P., Warren-Rhodes, K.A., Tuffin, M.I., Seely, M., Cowan, D.A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Springer 2013
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/35294

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