Microbial Diversity in Maras Salterns, a Hypersaline Environment in the Peruvian Andes
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Microbial diversity in Maras salterns, a hypersaline environment in the Peruvian Andes.
Maras salterns are located 3,380 m above sea level in the Peruvian Andes. These salterns consist of more than 3,000 little ponds which are not interconnected and act as crystallizers where salt precipitates. These ponds are fed by hypersaline spring water rich in sodium and chloride. The microbiota inhabiting these salterns was examined by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), 16S rRNA gen...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.02214-05