Investigating microbial diversity and UV radiation impact at the high-altitude lake aguas calientes, Chile

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6694, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Escudero, Lorena ^a   Chong, Guillermo ^a   Demergasso, Cecilia ^b   Farías, María Eugenia ^c   Cabrol, Nathalie A ^d   Grin, Edmond ^d   Minkley Jr , Edwin ^e   Yu, Youngeob ^e  

^a Centro de Investigacion Cientifico y Tecnologico de la Mineria Chile   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL NORTE   (Chile)

^c PLANTA PILOTO DE PROCESOS INDUSTRIALES MICROBIOLÓGICOS PROIMI CONICET   (Argentina)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; High altitude lakes; Microbial diversity; UV resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HIGH ALTITUDE LAKES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; UV RESISTANCE;

DNA; LAKES; MICROORGANISMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

EID: 42149131606     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.736970     Document Type: Conference Paper

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