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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 43, Issue -, Pages 124-131Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2018.01.003
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- MINECO, Spain [CGL2013-42509P]
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The extremely harsh conditions of hyperarid deserts are a true challenge for microbial life. Microorganisms thriving in such polyextreme environments are fascinating as they can tell us more about life, its strategies and its boundaries than other groups of organisms. The Atacama Desert (North Chile) holds two world records of extreme environmental characteristics: the lowest rainfall and greatest surface ultraviolet radiation and total solar irradiance ever measured on Earth. Despite these limiting conditions for life, we recently identified several remarkable examples of endolithic habitats colonized by phototrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert.
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