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Microbiology of Antarctica

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Biogeography and Ecology in Antarctica

Part of the book series: Monographiae Biologicae ((MOBI,volume 15))

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The association of microorganisms with chemical changes in organic materials was ably demonstrated by Lours Pasteur in the late 1850’s. These observations aroused the curiosity of naturalists and physicians who accompanied exploring vessels into the high latitudes. At a time when heterogenesis still had proponents, Nyström (1868) aboard the Sofia repeated Pastrur’s classical “sterile broth” experiments at Spitzbergen. This demonstration of the presence of bacteria in Arctic air was apparently the first polar bacteriological study.

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Sieburth, J.M. (1965). Microbiology of Antarctica. In: van Mieghem, J., van Oye, P. (eds) Biogeography and Ecology in Antarctica. Monographiae Biologicae, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7204-0_7

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