ArticleExtremophiles : life under extreme conditions2014
Gloeocapsopsis AAB1, an extremely desiccation-tolerant cyanobacterium isolated from the Atacama Desert.
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- Metabolites Facilitating Adaptation of Desert Cyanobacteria to Extremely Arid Environments.Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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- Over-Expression of UV-Damage DNA Repair Genes and Ribonucleic Acid Persistence Contribute to the Resilience of Dried Biofilms of the Desert CyanobacetriumFrontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- Genomic Features for Desiccation Tolerance and Sugar Biosynthesis in the ExtremophileFrontiers in microbiology · 2019Article
- Unprecedented rains decimate surface microbial communities in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Draft Genome Sequence of the Extremely Desiccation-Tolerant Cyanobacterium Gloeocapsopsis sp. Strain AAB1.Genome announcements · 2018Article
- Salt acclimation of cyanobacteria and their application in biotechnology.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2014Review
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Abstract
The comprehensive study of microorganisms that evolved in the Atacama Desert, the driest and oldest on earth, may help to understand the key role of water for life. In this context, we previously characterized the microenvironment that allows colonization of the underside of quartzes in the Coastal Range of this desert by hypolithic microorganisms (Azua-Bustos et al. Microb Ecol 58:568-581, 2011). Now, we describe the biodiversity composition of these biofilms and the isolation from it of a new cyanobacterial strain. Based on morphologic and phylogenetic analyses, this isolate (AAB1) was classified as a new member of the Gloeocapsopsis genus. Physiological, morphological and molecular responses by isolate AAB1 show that this strain is extremely tolerant to desiccation. Our results also indicate that the isolate biosynthesizes sucrose and trehalose in response to this stressful condition. We identified two candidate genes involved in sucrose synthesis, namely sucrose 6-phosphate synthase and sucrose 6-phosphate phosphatase. Thus, the Gloeocapsopsis isolate AAB1 may represent a suitable model for understanding tolerance to low water availability.
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