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

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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Main Authors: Jacek eWierzchos, Jocelyne eDiRuggiero, Petr eVítek, Octavio eArtieda, Virginia eSouza-Egipsy, Pavel eSkaloud, Michael eTisza, Alfonso F Davila, Carlos eVílchez, Inés eGarbayo, Carmen eAscaso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Carotenoids
Atacama Desert
extreme environment
Gypsum
Scytonemin
endolithic chlorophototrophs
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00934/full

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