Microbial community structures are shaped by geochemical factors and their interactions
with the lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere through the processes of chemical …

Abstract The Atacama Desert is one of the oldest and driest places on Earth. In the last
decade, microbial richness and diversity has been acknowledged as an important biological …

Salar de Atacama is located approximately 55 km south of San Pedro de Atacama in the
Antofagasta region, Chile. The high UV irradiation and salt concentration and extreme …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a prevalent motor disease caused by the accumulation of
mutated α-synuclein (α-Syn); however, its early stages are also characterized by non-motor …

Salar de Huasco is a wetland in the Andes mountains, located 3800 m above sea level at
the Chilean Altiplano. Here we present a study aimed at characterizing the viral fraction and …

Salar de Huasco is a high-altitude (3800 m asl) polyextreme aquatic environment located in
the Chilean Altiplano. This chapter highlights over 15 years of microbial ecology research …

The landscapes of high-altitude wetland ecosystems are characterized by different kinds of
aquatic sites, including ponds holding conspicuous microbial life. Here, we examined a …

The production of specialized resting cells is a remarkable strategy developed by several
organisms to survive unfavorable environmental conditions. Spores are specialized resting …

The virus-to-prokaryote ratio (VPR) has been used in many ecosystems to study the
relationship between viruses and their hosts. While high VPR values indicate a high rate of …

Laguna del Maule is a volcanic basin lake in the Central Chilean Andes that contains a
peculiar and poorly understood algal flora from an ecological perspective. We present a …