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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2026

A genome-resolved cyanobacterial consortium from the Atacama Desert reveals novel bacterial diversity, stress-resilience potential, chromatic flexibility, and photoprotection.

Alexandra Galetović, Jan Ortiz, Gabriel Peña, Patricio Arros, Nicolás Guerra-Leal, Camilo Berríos-Pastén, Manuel Silva, Joaquín Acosta, Macarena A Varas, Miguel L Allende and 1 more

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Alexandra GaletovićLaboratorio de Genómica Microbiana, Unidad Bioquímica, Departamento Biomédico, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile.
Jan OrtizLaboratorio de Genómica Microbiana, Unidad Bioquímica, Departamento Biomédico, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile.
Gabriel PeñaLaboratorio de Genómica Microbiana, Unidad Bioquímica, Departamento Biomédico, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Antofagasta, Antofagasta, Chile.
Patricio ArrosGrupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Nicolás Guerra-LealGrupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Camilo Berríos-PasténGrupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Manuel SilvaGrupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Joaquín AcostaGrupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Macarena A VarasVicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Universidad de La Serena, La Serena, Chile.
Miguel L AllendeMillennium Institute Center for Genome Regulation, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Andrés E MarcoletaGrupo de Microbiología Integrativa, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

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Abstract

The Atacama Desert is one of the most extreme terrestrial environments on Earth, characterized by hyper-aridity, intense solar and ultraviolet radiation, oxidative stress, and metal-rich substrates. Here, we characterized an enriched cyanobacteria-associated consortium obtained from a high-altitude, river-influenced site in Quebrada Talabre, Atacama Desert. Deep shotgun metagenomic sequencing, achieving 99.7% estimated community coverage, enabled the reconstruction of 14 high-quality metagenome-assembled genomes representing five bacterial phyla. Genome-resolved analyses revealed multiple putative novel bacterial lineages, including a potential novel family-level lineage within Thermomicrobiales, putative novel species of

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