Living at the Frontiers of Life: Extremophiles in Chile and Their Potential for Bioremediation

Living at the Frontiers of Life: Extremophiles in Chile and Their Potential for Bioremediation

Extremophiles are organisms capable of adjust, survive or thrive in hostile habitats that were previously thought to be adverse or lethal for life. Chile gathers a wide range of extreme environments: salars, geothermal springs, and geysers located at Altiplano and Atacama Desert, salars and cold mou...

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Main Authors: Roberto Orellana, Constanza Macaya, Guillermo Bravo, Flavia Dorochesi, Andrés Cumsille, Ricardo Valencia, Claudia Rojas, Michael Seeger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
extremophile
Chile
Atacama Desert
Altiplano
Patagonia
Antarctica
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02309/full

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