Pre-Cambrian roots of novel Antarctic cryptoendolithic bacterial lineages
Abstract Background Cryptoendolithic communities are microbial ecosystems dwelling inside porous rocks that are able to persist at the edge of the biological potential for life in the ice-free areas of the Antarctic desert. These regions include the McMurdo Dry Valleys, often accounted as the closes...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-03-01
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Series: | Microbiome |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01021-0 |