Changes in the Active, Dead, and Dormant Microbial Community Structure Across a Pleistocene Permafrost Chronosequence
A. Burkert, T. A. Douglas, M. P. Waldrop, R. Mackelprang
The paper analyzes microbial community structure in Pleistocene permafrost using live/dead staining, endospore enrichment, and DNA depletion to distinguish active, dead, and dormant cells across different permafrost ages.
bioRxiv · Oct 31, 2018Microbiology