Growth of cyanobacterial soil crusts during diurnal freeze-thaw cycles

Time lag between glacial retreat and upward migration alters tropical alpine communities

(2018) Anaïs Zimmer et al.   PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS

Phosphorus, not nitrogen, limits plants and microbial primary producers following glacial retreat

(2018) John L. Darcy et al.   Science Advances

Freeze–thaw revival of rotifers and algae in a desiccated, high-elevation (5500 meters) microbial mat, high Andes, Perú

(2017) S. K. Schmidt et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Biodiversity of Isolated Cyanobacteria from Desert Soils in Iran

(2017) Atefeh Etemadi-Khah et al.   GEOMICROBIOLOGY JOURNAL

Cytomorphological and nitrogen metabolic enzyme analysis of psychrophilic and mesophilic Nostoc sp.: a comparative outlook

(2017) Bhuvaneshwari Thangaraj et al.   3 Biotech

Cytomorphological and nitrogen metabolic enzyme analysis of psychrophilic and mesophilic Nostoc sp.: a comparative outlook

(2017) Bhuvaneshwari Thangaraj et al.   3 Biotech

Temperature Microclimates of Plants in a Tropical Alpine Environment: How Much does Growth Form Matter?

(2016) Petr Sklenář et al.   ARCTIC ANTARCTIC AND ALPINE RESEARCH

Growth of high-elevation Cryptococcus sp. during extreme freeze–thaw cycles

(2016) L. Vimercati et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Nutrient limitation of microbial phototrophs on a debris-covered glacier

(2016) J.L. Darcy et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Ecophysiology of gelatinous Nostoc colonies: unprecedented slow growth and survival in resource-poor and harsh environments

(2014) Kaj Sand-Jensen   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Spatial distribution of microbial communities associated with dune landform in the Gurbantunggut Desert, China

(2014) Ruyin Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

Nutrient Addition Dramatically Accelerates Microbial Community Succession

(2014) Joseph E. Knelman et al.   PLoS One

Patterns and Processes of Microbial Community Assembly

(2013) D. R. Nemergut et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

Subglacial Lake Vostok (Antarctica) Accretion Ice Contains a Diverse Set of Sequences from Aquatic, Marine and Sediment-Inhabiting Bacteria and Eukarya

(2013) Yury M. Shtarkman et al.   PLoS One

Effects of UV-B Radiation and Periodic Desiccation on the Morphogenesis of the Edible Terrestrial Cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme

(2012) Yan-Na Feng et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Physiological responses of soil crust-forming cyanobacteria to diurnal temperature variation

(2012) Weibo Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY

A simple method for determining limiting nutrients for photosynthetic crusts

(2012) Steve K. Schmidt et al.   Plant Ecology & Diversity

Tropical glaciers, recorders and indicators of climate change, are disappearing globally

(2012) Lonnie G. Thompson et al.   ANNALS OF GLACIOLOGY

Microbes in High Arctic Snow and Implications for the Cold Biosphere

(2011) Tommy Harding et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Estimating phosphorus availability for microbial growth in an emerging landscape

(2011) S.K. Schmidt et al.   GEODERMA

Tolerance of the widespread cyanobacterium Nostoc commune to extreme temperature variations (−269 to 105°C), pH and salt stress

(2011) Kaj Sand-Jensen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Bacterial community structure and function change in association with colonizer plants during early primary succession in a glacier forefield

(2011) Joseph E. Knelman et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Ancient origins determine global biogeography of hot and cold desert cyanobacteria

(2011) Justin Bahl et al.   Nature Communications

Frequent freeze-thaw cycles yield diminished yet resistant and responsive microbial communities in two temperate soils: a laboratory experiment

(2010) Blaž Stres et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY

Extracellular polysaccharides from cyanobacterial soil crusts: A review of their role in dryland soil processes

(2010) D.M. Mager et al.   JOURNAL OF ARID ENVIRONMENTS

Functional shifts in unvegetated, perhumid, recently-deglaciated soils do not correlate with shifts in soil bacterial community composition

(2010) Sarah R. Sattin et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

Phylogeography of microbial phototrophs in the dry valleys of the high Himalayas and Antarctica

(2010) S. K. Schmidt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Microbial activity and diversity during extreme freeze–thaw cycles in periglacial soils, 5400 m elevation, Cordillera Vilcanota, Perú

(2009) S. K. Schmidt et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

FastTree: Computing Large Minimum Evolution Trees with Profiles instead of a Distance Matrix

(2009) M. N. Price et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The earliest stages of ecosystem succession in high-elevation (5000 metres above sea level), recently deglaciated soils

(2008) S.K Schmidt et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES