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Adaptation strategies of endolithic chlorophototrophs to survive the hyperarid and extreme solar radiation environment of the Atacama Desert

The Atacama Desert, northern Chile, is one of the driest deserts on Earth and, as such, a natural laboratory to explore the limits of life and the strategies evolved by microorganisms to adapt to extreme environments. Here we report the exceptional adaptation strategies of chlorophototrophic and euk...

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Autores principales: Wierzchos, Jacek, DiRuggiero, Jocelyne, Vítek, Petr, Artieda, Octavio, Souza-Egipsy, Virginia, Škaloud, Pavel, Tisza, Michel, Davila, Alfonso F., Vílchez, Carlos, Garbayo, Inés, Ascaso, Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4564735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26441871
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00934