The Central Andes region displays unexplored ecosystems of shallow lakes and salt flats at
mean altitudes of 3700 m. Being isolated and hostile, these so-called “High-Altitude Andean …

High‐altitude Andean lakes (HAAL) are a treasure chest for microbiological research in
South America. Their indigenous microbial communities are exposed to extremely high UV …

Abstract The Atacama Desert has extreme environmental conditions that allow the
development of unique microbial communities. The present paper reports the bacterial …

The role of metal organic framework (MOF) modified cathode in promoting long chain fatty
acid (LCFA) methanation was identified in microbial electrolysis cell coupled anaerobic …

Excessive long-chain fatty acids (LCFA) concentration inhibits the normal operation of
anaerobic digestion (AD), while the influence of the concentration changes on the microbial …

Modern stromatolites thrive only in selected locations in the world. Socompa Lake, located in
the Andean plateau at 3570 masl, is one of the numerous extreme Andean microbial …

The wetlands and salt flats of the Central Andes region are unique extreme environments as
they are located in high-altitude saline deserts, largely influenced by volcanic activity …

Calcifying microbial mats in hypersaline environments are important model systems for the
study of the earliest ecosystems on Earth that started to appear more than three billion years …

Diverse marine fish and squid form symbiotic associations with extracellular bioluminescent
bacteria. These symbionts are typically free-living bacteria with large genomes, but one …

Biofilms, microbial mats, and microbialites dwell under highly limiting conditions (high
salinity, extreme aridity, pH, and elevated arsenic concentration) in the Andean Puna. Only …