Culturable bacteria in Himalayan glacial ice in response to atmospheric circulation

Only recently has specific attention been given to culturable bacteria in Tibetan glaciers, but their relation to atmospheric circulation is less understood yet. Here we present the results of culturable bacteria preserved in an ice core drilled from the East Rongbuk (ER) glacier, Himalayas. The ave...

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Main Authors: S. Zhang, S. Hou, X. Ma, D. Qin, T. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2007-01-01
Series:Biogeosciences
Online Access:http://www.biogeosciences.net/4/1/2007/bg-4-1-2007.pdf