Salar del Hombre Muerto, source of lithium-tolerant bacteria

• Main Authors: Martínez, Fabiana Lilian, Orce, Ingrid Georgina, Rajal, Verónica Beatriz, Irazusta, Verónica Patricia
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Hypersaline Environments; Lithium
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142508
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Salar del Hombre Muerto is a flat salt with great microbial activity despite the existing extreme conditions like high altitude, lack of water, low level of oxygen, high radiation and high concentration of sodium and lithium chloride. Despite these unfavorable conditions, we found microbial dive...