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Energetic Basis of Microbial Growth and Persistence in Desert Ecosystems.
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64 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Trace gas oxidation supports sub-surface microbial communities across Namib Desert fog and aridity gradients.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2026Article
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- Dormancy as a Signature of Microbial Community Disassembly during Hydrological Collapse in a Desert Oasis.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
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- Metabolic transitions along a moisture gradient in a poly-extreme high-altitude desert ecosystem within the Atacama Desert.Environmental microbiome · 2026Article
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- Environmental heterogeneity dominates the regulation of metabolites in ephemeral plants by the rhizosphere microbial community.Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- Vulnerable microbial communities in Atacama-Altiplano wetlands: modern analogs of ancient ecosystems with implications for sustainability and conservation.FEMS microbes · 2026Review
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- Metabolically flexible microorganisms rapidly establish glacial foreland ecosystems.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Comparative genomics uncovers adaptive and biotechnological potential of Enterobacter xiangfangensis MDMC82 isolated from desert, and highlights putative core Enterobacteriaceae functions.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Sulfur Cycling and Life Strategies in Successional Biocrusts Link to Biomass Carbon in Dryland Ecosystems.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Multi-Niche Microbiota of a Desert-Adapted Lizard: 16S rRNA Profiling ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Metabolic fingerprinting to elucidate the biodegradation of phosphonoacetic acid and its impact on Penicillium metabolism.Biodegradation · 2025Article
- Abundance and Diversity of Endolithic Fungal Assemblages in Granite and Sandstone from Victoria Land, Antarctica.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Polyphasic taxonomy and genome mining ofCurrent research in microbial sciences · 2025Article
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Abstract
Microbial life is surprisingly abundant and diverse in global desert ecosystems. In these environments, microorganisms endure a multitude of physicochemical stresses, including low water potential, carbon and nitrogen starvation, and extreme temperatures. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the energetic mechanisms and trophic dynamics that underpin microbial function in desert ecosystems. Accumulating evidence suggests that dormancy is a common strategy that facilitates microbial survival in response to water and carbon limitation. Whereas photoautotrophs are restricted to specific niches in extreme deserts, metabolically versatile heterotrophs persist even in the hyper-arid topsoils of the Atacama Desert and Antarctica. At least three distinct strategies appear to allow such microorganisms to conserve energy in these oligotrophic environments: degradation of organic energy reserves, rhodopsin- and bacteriochlorophyll-dependent light harvesting, and oxidation of the atmospheric trace gases hydrogen and carbon monoxide. In turn, these principles are relevant for understanding the composition, functionality, and resilience of desert ecosystems, as well as predicting responses to the growing problem of desertification.
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