Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

Transitory microbial habitat in the hyperarid Atacama Desert

Traces of life are nearly ubiquitous on Earth. However, a central unresolved question is whether these traces always indicate an active microbial community or whether, in extreme environments, such as hyperarid deserts, they instead reflect just dormant or dead cells. Although microbial biomass and...

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Main Authors: Schulze-Makuch, Dirk, Wagner, Dirk, Kounaves, Samuel P., Mangelsdorf, Kai, Devine, Kevin G., de Vera, Jean-Pierre, Schmitt-Kopplin, Philippe, Grossart, Hans-Peter, Parro, Victor, Kaupenjohann, Martin, Galy, Albert, Schneider, Beate, Airo, Alessandro, Frösler, Jan, Davila, Alfonso F., Arens, Felix L., Cáceres, Luis, Cornejo, Francisco Solís, Carrizo, Daniel, Dartnell, Lewis, DiRuggiero, Jocelyne, Flury, Markus, Ganzert, Lars, Gessner, Mark O., Grathwohl, Peter, Guan, Lisa, Heinz, Jacob, Hess, Matthias, Keppler, Frank, Maus, Deborah, McKay, Christopher P., Meckenstock, Rainer U., Montgomery, Wren, Oberlin, Elizabeth A., Probst, Alexander J., Sáenz, Johan S., Sattler, Tobias, Schirmack, Janosch, Sephton, Mark A., Schloter, Michael, Uhl, Jenny, Valenzuela, Bernardita, Vestergaard, Gisle, Wörmer, Lars, Zamorano, Pedro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PNAS 2018
Subjects:
520 Astronomy & allied sciences
550 - Earth Sciences
Online Access:https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/1373/1/1714341115.full.pdf

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