Viability of Lithobiontic Microorganisms Inhabiting the Rocks of Atacama Desert
Viability of Lithobiontic Microorganisms Inhabiting the Rocks of Atacama Desert
2 PagesViability of Lithobiontic Microorganisms Inhabiting the Rocks of Atacama Desert Determining photosynthetic activity with VisiSens Jacek Wierzchos and Carmen Ascaso Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales - CSIC, Madrid, Spain The hyper-arid, life-limited Atacama Desert (Chile) gives the opportunity to determine the potential for life in extraterrestrial environments. In this study the viability of endolithic microbial commu- nities as
