The dry limit of microbial life in the Atacama desert revealed by calorimetric approaches

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 477-486

  Barros, N ^a   Feijoo S ^a   Salgado, J ^a   Ramajo, J ^b   Garcia, J R ^b   Hansen, L D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama; Microbial activity; Soils; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA; ATACAMA DESERTS; CALORIMETRIC APPROACHES; CARBON CONTENTS; CARBON-TO-NITROGEN RATIOS; DEGRADATION ACTIVITIES; DESERT SOILS; DNA EXTRACTIONS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; INORGANIC REACTIONS; ISOTHERMAL CALORIMETRIES; MARTIAN ENVIRONMENTS; MARTIAN SOILS; METABOLIC ACTIVITIES; METEOROLOGICAL DATUM; MICROBIAL ACTIVATIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL LIVES; MICROBIAL METABOLISMS; NITROGEN CONTENTS; ORGANIC MATTERS; SAMPLING SITES; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL SAMPLES; THERMAL PROPERTIES; TOTAL CARBONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CALORIMETERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLUCOSE; LANDFORMS; METABOLISM; NASA; NITROGEN; NUCLEIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; SOILS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALORIMETRY; CARBON; DESERT SOIL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; PYROLYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 62349128323     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: 16182863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200820236     Document Type: Article

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