Yeasts are microscopic fungi inhabiting all Earth environments, including those inhospitable
for most life forms, considered extreme environments. According to their habitats, yeasts …

In an era of rapid climate change and expansion of desertification, the extremely harsh
conditions of drylands are a true challenge for microbial life. Under drought conditions …

Fundamental processes for the biodeterioration of stone and metal involve many of the
same microbially mediated reactions–oxidation, reduction, acid dissolution and elemental …

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile is a coastal nonpolar hyperarid desert with nearly
1,000 km long located in South America (latitudes 19◦ S and 30◦ S), between the Pacific …

An extreme halophilic archaeon, strain SGH1, is a novel microorganism isolated from
endolithic microbial communities colonizing halites at Salar Grande, Atacama Desert, in …

An effect of climate change is the expansion of drylands in temperate regions, predicted to
affect microbial biodiversity. Since photosynthetic organisms are at the base of ecosystem's …

Microbial consortia inhabiting evaporitic salt nodules at the Atacama Desert are dominated
by unculturable cyanobacteria from the genus Halothece. Halite nodules provide …

Special geographical location and abundant organic matter profiles in tidal flats have
resulted in great microbial diversity, in which Bacteroidota strains are considered as one of …

The petroglyphs of the Negev Desert, Israel, are famous and valuable archaeological
remains. Previous studies have investigated the microbial communities associated with …

The field of mycology has grown from an underappreciated subset of botany, to a valuable,
modern scientific discipline. As this field of study has grown, there have been significant …