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Microbial colonisation of chasmoendolithic habitats in the hyper-arid zone of the Atacama Desert
J. DiRuggiero
Biology Department, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J. Wierzchos
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN – CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
C. K. Robinson
Biology Department, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
T. Souterre
Biology Department, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J. Ravel
Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
O. Artieda
Universidad de Extremadura, 10600 Plasencia, Spain
V. Souza-Egipsy
Instituto de Ciencias Agrarias, ICA – CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
C. Ascaso
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, MNCN – CSIC, 28006 Madrid, Spain
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