Collection Details

Australian Collection of Antarctic Micro-organisms View list of biodiversity data collections

©John Gibson 1988 Catalogue id 3744C1 Caption Benthic microbial mat Photographer Gibson, John

Collection Details

Custodian

Carol Nichols

Collection Acronym

ACAM

Description

ACAM was established in 1986 at the University of Tasmania as a collection for microorganisms from the Antarctic continent as well as from subantarctic islands and the Southern Ocean. ACAM was one of the few collections in the world dedicated to the collection of Antarctic bacteria and since its inception had grown to nearly 400 strains. Many of these strains have been isolated from lakes and marine waters in the Vestfold Hills region of Antarctica near Davis Station.

Domain

Terrestrial,Limnetic,Marine

Taxa Groups

Microbiota,

List 29 taxa from this collection

Collection Status

Data collection complete

Linked to the following Bioregions

Coastal Continental Antarctic - Dumont d'Urville / Commonwealth Bay
Coastal Continental Antarctic - Mawson Coast
Coastal Continental Antarctic - Vestfold Hills
Coastal Continental Antarctic - Windmill Islands

Data Details

Data links

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Map

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Spatial Coverage

54° 30' 00.0" S to 77° 30' 00.0" S	|	-54.5000° to -77.5000°
71° 37' 59.9" E to 165° 00' 00.0" E	|	71.6333° to 165.0000°

Date Range of Collection

4-Apr-1900 to 10-Oct-1996

Metadata

ACAM - The Australian Collection of Antarctic Microorganisms