Xerotolerance: a new property in Exiguobacterium genus

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: Castillo López, María, Galán, Beatriz, Carmona, Manuel, Navarro Llorens, Juana María, Peretó, Juli, Porcar, Manuel, Getino, Luis, Olivera, Elías R., Luengo, José M., Castro, Laura, García, José Luis
• Other Authors: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), European Commission
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Exiguobacterium; Desiccation resistance; Xerotolerance; Polyextremophile; Biotechnology; Helios; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/262413; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9122455; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003339; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780; https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033

This article belongs to the Section Microbial Biotechnology. The highly xerotolerant bacterium classified as Exiguobacterium sp. Helios isolated from a solar panel in Spain showed a close relationship to Exiguobacterium sibiricum 255-15 isolated from Siberian permafrost. Xerotolerance has not been p...