Unprecedented rains decimate surface microbial communities in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Unprecedented rains decimate surface microbial communities in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert

Published:2018-11-12 Issue:1 Volume:8 Page:
ISSN:2045-2322
Container-title:Scientific Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Sci Rep

Author:

Azua-Bustos A.^ORCID,Fairén A. G.^ORCID,González-Silva C.,Ascaso C.^ORCID,Carrizo D.^ORCID,Fernández-Martínez M. Á.,Fernández-Sampedro M.,García-Descalzo L.,García-Villadangos M.,Martin-Redondo M. P.,Sánchez-García L.^ORCID,Wierzchos J.^ORCID,Parro V.^ORCID

Funder

EC | European Research Council

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Multidisciplinary

Link

http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-35051-w.pdf

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