Physicochemical conditions and microbial diversity associated with the evaporite deposits in the Laguna de la Piedra (Salar de Atacama, Chile)

Geomicrobiology Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-95

  Stivaletta, Nunzia ^a   Barbieri, Roberto ^a   Cevenini, Federica ^a   López García, Purificación ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Endoliths; Evaporite; Halophiles; Salar deAtacama; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

DESICCATION; EVAPORITE; EXTREMOPHILE; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; SALAR DE ATACAMA BASIN;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; OXYTRICHIDAE;

EID: 78651090545     PISSN: 01490451     EISSN: 15210529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490451003653102     Document Type: Article

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