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Autordc.contributor.authorBull, Alan T. 
Autordc.contributor.authorAsenjo de Leuze, Juan es_CL
Fecha ingresodc.date.accessioned2014-02-11T19:27:34Z
Fecha disponibledc.date.available2014-02-11T19:27:34Z
Fecha de publicacióndc.date.issued2013
Cita de ítemdc.identifier.citationAntonie van Leeuwenhoek (2013) 103:1173–1179en_US
Identificadordc.identifier.otherDOI 10.1007/s10482-013-9911-7
Identificadordc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/119773
Nota generaldc.descriptionArtículo de publicación ISIen_US
Resumendc.description.abstractInterests in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile until very recently were founded on its mineral resources, notably nitrate, copper, lithium and boron. Now this vast desert, the oldest and most arid on Earth, is revealing a microbial diversity that was unimagined even a decade or so ago; indeed the extreme hyper-arid core of the Desert was considered previously to be completely devoid of life. In this Perspective article we highlight pioneering research that, to the contrary, establishes the Atacama as a combination of rich microbial habitats including bacteria that influence biogeochemical transformations in the desert and others that are propitious sources of novel natural products. Many of the Atacama’s habitats are especially rich in actinobacteria, not necessarily as dense populations but extensive in taxonomic diversity and capacities to synthesize novel secondary metabolites. Among the latter, compounds have been characterized that express a range of antibiotic, anti-cancer and anti- inflammatory properties to which a variety of bioinformatics and metabolic engineering tools are being applied in order to enhance potencies and productivities. Unquestionably the Atacama Desert is a living desert with regard to which future microbiology and biotechnology research presents exciting opportunities.en_US
Idiomadc.language.isoenen_US
Publicadordc.publisherSpringeren_US
Tipo de licenciadc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile*
Link a Licenciadc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/*
Palabras clavesdc.subjectAtacama Deserten_US
Títulodc.titleMicrobiology of hyper-arid environments: recent insights from the Atacama Desert, Chileen_US
Tipo de documentodc.typeArtículo de revista


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