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Microbial Community Structure and the Persistence of Cyanobacterial Populations in Salt Crusts of the Hyperarid Atacama Desert from Genome-Resolved Metagenomics

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Published in 2017 at "Frontiers in Microbiology"

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01435

Abstract: Although once thought to be devoid of biology, recent studies have identified salt deposits as oases for life in the hyperarid Atacama Desert. To examine spatial patterns of microbial species and key nutrient sources, we… read more here.

Keywords: hyperarid atacama; community; atacama desert; salt crusts ... See more keywords