Endolithic cyanobacteria in halite rocks from the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert

Astrobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 415-422

  Wierzchos, Jacek ^a   Ascaso, Carmen ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Chroococcidiopsis; Endoliths; Halite; Mars

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT CLIMATE; MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

CYANOBACTERIA; DESERT CLIMATE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOUTH AMERICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROOCOCCIDIOPSIS; CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33746508416     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.6.415     Document Type: Article

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