Adaptations of endolithic communities to abrupt environmental changes in a hyper-arid desert
Abstract The adaptation mechanisms of microbial communities to natural perturbations remain unexplored, particularly in extreme environments. The extremophilic communities of halite (NaCl) nodules from the hyper-arid core of the Atacama Desert are self-sustained and represent a unique opportunity to...
Main Authors: | Cesar A. Perez-Fernandez, Paul Wilburn, Alfonso Davila, Jocelyne DiRuggiero |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-11-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23437-w |
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