Unravelling the secret of the resistance of desert strains of Chroococcidiopsis to desiccation and radiation

• Main Authors: Billi, Daniela, Fagliarone, Claudia, Verseux, Cyprien, Mosca, Claudia, Baque, Mickael, Wilmotte, Annick
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Leitungsbereich PF; Antarctic; Daly; Billi; Beacon Valley; University Valley; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/116219/; https://elib.dlr.de/116219/1/Poster_SCARbio17.pdf; https://kuleuvencongres.be/scarbiology2017/articles/bookofabstracts

Chroococcidiopsis is a unicellular cyanobacterial genus that is growing in extreme dry conditions, either in low or high temperatures. At the lower end of the spectrum, they live as cryptoendoliths in rocks of the Mc Murdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica where they were discovered by Imre Friedmann, while...