title: Enumeration of thermophilic heterotrophs in geothermally heated soils from mount erebus, ross island, antarctica.
abstract: Soil samples with temperatures up to 64 degrees C were collected from Mount Erebus, an active volcano located on Ross Island, Antarctica. Acridine orange direct counts and most probable number counts of soil samples stored at 4 degrees C for 2 months showed a wide variation in the number of thermophilic microorganisms in different soils. Organisms similar to Clostridium thermohydrosulfuricum, Bacillus schlegelii, and Bacillus acidocaldarius, as well as neutrophilic Bacillus strains, were isolated.
authors.affiliation: Microbial Biochemistry and Biotechnology Unit, University of Waikato, Private Bag, Hamilton, New Zealand.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Daniel