Microbiology of hyper-arid environments: Recent insights from the Atacama Desert, Chile

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1173-1179

  Bull, Alan T ^a   Asenjo, Juan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Bioactive metabolites; Geology; Hyper aridity; Microbial diversity; Subsurface communities

Indexed keywords

DAPTOMYCIN; DNA 16S; MICROCIN J25; NATURAL PRODUCT; RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHILE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESERT; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOLOGY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMIDITY; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; ROSEOBACTER; SPECIES HABITAT; STREPTOMYCES; TAXONOMY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; CHILE; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACTINOBACTERIA;

EID: 84878314500     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: 15729699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-013-9911-7     Document Type: Review

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