Open Access16S rRNA Gene Diversity in the Salt Crust of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, the World’s Largest Salt Flat
Author(s) -
Wolf T. Pecher,
Fabiana Lilian Martínez,
Priya DasSarma,
Daniel Guzmán,
Shiladitya DasSarma
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
microbiology resource announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2576-098X
DOI - 10.1128/mra.00374-20
Subject(s) - halophile , archaea , 16s ribosomal rna , crust , extreme environment , amplicon , biology , bacteria , geography , ecology , gene , paleontology , genetics , polymerase chain reaction
Salar de Uyuni is a vast, high-altitude salt flat in Bolivia with extreme physico-geochemical properties approaching multiple limits of life. Evidence for diverse halophilic bacteria and archaea was found in its surface and near-surface salt crust using 16S amplicon analysis, providing a snapshot of prokaryotic life.