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ArticleEnvironmental microbiology2026

Fog, Symbiosis, and Survival: The Ecological Architecture of the Grit Crust From the Atacama Desert Represents a Lichen Holobiome Rather Than a Soil Microbiome.

Patrick Jung, Lina Werner, Rebekah Brand, Laura Briegel-Williams, Karen Baumann, Guillaume Letendu, Michael Lakatos

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Article in Environmental microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Patrick JungXCEL-Extreme Cryptogam Ecology Lab, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7607-3906
Lina WernerDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Pirmasens, Germany.
Rebekah BrandDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Pirmasens, Germany.
Laura Briegel-WilliamsXCEL-Extreme Cryptogam Ecology Lab, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3926-8840
Karen BaumannXCEL-Extreme Cryptogam Ecology Lab, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1341-052X
Guillaume LetenduLaboratory of Soil Biodiversity, Université de Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Michael LakatosDepartment of Integrative Biotechnology, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, Pirmasens, Germany.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-8917

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 03WIR4502ABundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 03WIR4505BBundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 03WIR4516ABundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung W2V-Strategy2ValueDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft JU 3228/1-1Ministry of Science and Health Rhineland-Palatinate 724-0079#2024/0004-1501 15404Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 182531
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) fulfil key ecological functions in arid ecosystems, yet their microbiome composition remains insufficiently resolved. Here, we characterise the microbial communities of the fog-dependent grit crust in the Pan de Azúcar National Park (Atacama Desert, Chile) using multi-marker metabarcoding (16S rRNA, 18S rRNA, ITS2) across 11 coastal-inland sites. Chlorophyll

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LichensMicrobiotaSoil MicrobiologySymbiosisAscomycotaBacteriaChileDesert ClimateEcosystemFungiRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16SCalicialesChroococcidiopsisdesertmetabarcodingproteobacteria

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PMID42315161
PMCPMC13278822

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