Salt to conserve: a review on the ecology and preservation of hypersaline ecosystems
When it comes to the investigation of key ecosystems in the world, we often omit salt from the
ecological recipe. In fact, despite occupying almost half of the volume of inland waters and …
ecological recipe. In fact, despite occupying almost half of the volume of inland waters and …
The Atacama Desert: technical resources and the growing importance of novel microbial diversity
AT Bull, JA Asenjo, M Goodfellow… - Annual Review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The Atacama Desert of northern Chile is the oldest and most arid nonpolar environment on
Earth. It is a coastal desert covering approximately 180,000 km2, and together with the …
Earth. It is a coastal desert covering approximately 180,000 km2, and together with the …
Biofilm forming rhizobacteria enhance growth and salt tolerance in sunflower plants by stimulating antioxidant enzymes activity
Salinity stress is one of the major environmental stresses that impose global socio-economic
impacts, as well as hindering crop productivity. Halotolerant plant growth-promoting …
impacts, as well as hindering crop productivity. Halotolerant plant growth-promoting …
Diversity of culturable actinomycetes in hyper-arid soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile
CK Okoro, R Brown, AL Jones, BA Andrews… - Antonie Van …, 2009 - Springer
Abstract The Atacama Desert presents one of the most extreme environments on Earth and
we report here the first extensive isolations of actinomycetes from soils at various locations …
we report here the first extensive isolations of actinomycetes from soils at various locations …
Andean hypersaline lakes in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile: Between lithium exploitation and unique biodiversity conservation
Hypersaline lakes or brines are unique ecosystems with unique value and biodiversity that
provide economic (mining) and noneconomic services (waterbird habitat). As they are …
provide economic (mining) and noneconomic services (waterbird habitat). As they are …
Microbiology of the Red Sea (and other) deep‐sea anoxic brine lakes
Summary The Red Sea harbours approximately 25 deep‐sea anoxic brine pools. They
constitute extremely unique and complex habitats with the conjugation of several extreme …
constitute extremely unique and complex habitats with the conjugation of several extreme …
Global phylogenetic community structure and β-diversity patterns in surface bacterioplankton metacommunities
A Barberán, EO Casamayor - Aquatic Microbial Ecology, 2010 - int-res.com
We aimed to identify phylogenetic community patterns in abundant planktonic bacteria
(Alpha-, Beta-, and Gammaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, and …
(Alpha-, Beta-, and Gammaproteobacteria, Actinobacteria, Cyanobacteria, and …
An indigenous bacterium with enhanced performance of microbially-induced Ca-carbonate biomineralization under extreme alkaline conditions for concrete and soil …
The advantages of microbial induced carbonate mineralization for soil-stabilization and
building-material industries are under extensive investigation. The pH is one of the …
building-material industries are under extensive investigation. The pH is one of the …
Characterization of bacterial diversity associated with microbial mats, gypsum evaporites and carbonate microbialites in thalassic wetlands: Tebenquiche and La …
In this paper, we report the presence of sedimentary microbial ecosystems in wetlands of the
Salar de Atacama. These laminated systems, which bind, trap and precipitate mineral …
Salar de Atacama. These laminated systems, which bind, trap and precipitate mineral …
Microbial community of the deep‐sea brine Lake Kryos seawater–brine interface is active below the chaotropicity limit of life as revealed by recovery of mRNA
Within the complex of deep, hypersaline anoxic lakes (DHALs) of the Mediterranean Ridge,
we identified a new, unexplored DHAL and named it 'L ake K ryos' after a nearby …
we identified a new, unexplored DHAL and named it 'L ake K ryos' after a nearby …