Artículo de revista
Introducing the Atacama Desert
Fecha
2018Registro en:
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology, Volumen 111, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1269-1272
15729699
00036072
10.1007/s10482-018-1100-2
Autor
Bull, Alan
Andrews, Barbara
Dorador, Cristina
Goodfellow, Michael
Institución
Resumen
This brief introduction is intended to orientate the reader with respect to the principal environmental and historical features of the Atacama Desert, the oldest and continuously driest non-polar temperate desert on Earth. Exploration of its microbiology is relatively recent but both fundamental and applied research activities have grown dramatically in recent years reflecting the substantial interest in its microbial diversity, ecology, biogeochemistry, natural product potential and Mars-analogue properties of this unique and invigorating environment.