Diverse Viruses Carrying Genes for Microbial Extremotolerance in the Atacama Desert Hyperarid Soil
Deserts are one of the largest and rapidly expanding terrestrial ecosystems characterized by low biodiversity and biomass. The hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert, previously thought to be devoid of life, is one of the harshest environments, supporting only scant biomass of highly adapted microbes...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2021-06-01
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| Series: | mSystems |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00385-21 |