Active Microbial Airborne Dispersal and Biomorphs as Confounding Factors for Life Detection in the Cell-Degrading Brines of the Polyextreme Dallol Geothermal Field

Active Microbial Airborne Dispersal and Biomorphs as Confounding Factors for Life Detection in the Cell-Degrading Brines of the Polyextreme Dallol Geothermal Field

ABSTRACT Determining the precise limits of life in polyextreme environments is challenging. Studies along gradients of polyextreme conditions in the Dallol proto-volcano area (Danakil salt desert, Ethiopia) showed the occurrence of archaea-dominated communities (up to 99%) in several hypersaline sys...

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Main Authors: Jodie Belilla, Miguel Iniesto, David Moreira, Karim Benzerara, Emmanuelle Gérard, José M. López-García, Electra Kotopoulou, Purificación López-García
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-04-01
Series:mBio
Subjects:
extremophile
hyperacidity
hypersaline
hydrothermal
chaotropic
dispersal
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00307-22

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.00307-22

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