Geobiology of Andean Microbial Ecosystems Discovered in Salar de Atacama, Chile
The Salar de Atacama in the Chilean Central Andes harbors unique microbial ecosystems due to extreme environmental conditions, such as high altitude, low oxygen pressure, high solar radiation, and high salinity. Combining X-ray diffraction analyses, scanning electron microscopy and molecular diversi...
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2021
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Geología Andean lakes Microbial mats Microbialites Endoevaporites Extremophiles |
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Geología Andean lakes Microbial mats Microbialites Endoevaporites Extremophiles Vignale, Federico A. Kurth, Daniel Lencina, Agustina I. Poiré, Daniel Gustavo Chihuailaf, Elizabeth Muñoz Herrera, Natalia C. Novoa, Fernando Contreras, Manuel Turjanski, Adrián G. Farías, María E. Geobiology of Andean Microbial Ecosystems Discovered in Salar de Atacama, Chile |
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Geología Andean lakes Microbial mats Microbialites Endoevaporites Extremophiles |
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The Salar de Atacama in the Chilean Central Andes harbors unique microbial ecosystems due to extreme environmental conditions, such as high altitude, low oxygen pressure, high solar radiation, and high salinity. Combining X-ray diffraction analyses, scanning electron microscopy and molecular diversity studies, we have characterized twenty previously unexplored Andean microbial ecosystems in eight different lakes and wetlands from the middle-east and south-east regions of this salt flat. The mats and microbialites studied are mainly formed by calcium carbonate (aragonite and calcite) and halite, whereas the endoevaporites are composed predominantly of gypsum and halite. The carbonate-rich mats and microbialites are dominated by Bacteroidetes and Proteobacteria phyla. Within the phylum Proteobacteria, the most abundant classes are Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria and Deltaproteobacteria. While in the phylum Bacteroidetes, the most abundant classes are Bacteroidia and Rhodothermia.
Cyanobacteria, Chloroflexi, Planctomycetes, and Verrucomicrobia phyla are also wellrepresented in the majority of these systems. Gypsum endoevaporites, on the contrary, are dominated by Proteobacteria, Bacteroidetes, and Euryarchaeota phyla.
The Cyanobacteria phylum is also abundant in these systems, but it is less represented in comparison to mats and microbialites. Regarding the eukaryotic taxa, diatoms are key structural components in most of the microbial ecosystems studied. The genera of diatoms identified were Achnanthes, Fallacia, Halamphora, Mastogloia, Navicula, Nitzschia, and Surirella. Normally, in the mats and microbialites, diatoms form nano-globular carbonate aggregates with filamentous cyanobacteria and other prokaryotic cells, suggesting their participation in the mineral precipitation process.
This work expands our knowledge of the microbial ecosystems inhabiting the extreme environments from the Central Andes region, which is important to ensure their protection and conservation. |
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Vignale, Federico A. Kurth, Daniel Lencina, Agustina I. Poiré, Daniel Gustavo Chihuailaf, Elizabeth Muñoz Herrera, Natalia C. Novoa, Fernando Contreras, Manuel Turjanski, Adrián G. Farías, María E. |
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Vignale, Federico A. Kurth, Daniel Lencina, Agustina I. Poiré, Daniel Gustavo Chihuailaf, Elizabeth Muñoz Herrera, Natalia C. Novoa, Fernando Contreras, Manuel Turjanski, Adrián G. Farías, María E. |
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Vignale, Federico A. |
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Geobiology of Andean Microbial Ecosystems Discovered in Salar de Atacama, Chile |
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Geobiology of Andean Microbial Ecosystems Discovered in Salar de Atacama, Chile |
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Geobiology of Andean Microbial Ecosystems Discovered in Salar de Atacama, Chile |
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Geobiology of Andean Microbial Ecosystems Discovered in Salar de Atacama, Chile |
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Geobiology of Andean Microbial Ecosystems Discovered in Salar de Atacama, Chile |
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geobiology of andean microbial ecosystems discovered in salar de atacama, chile |
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2021 |
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http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/130002 |
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