16S rRNA Gene Diversity in the Salt Crust of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, the World’s Largest Salt Flat | Zendy

Wolf T. Pecher | Zendy; Fabiana Lilian Martínez | Zendy; Priya DasSarma | Zendy; Daniel Guzmán | Zendy; Shiladitya DasSarma | Zendy

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16S 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.

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