Xerotolerance: A New Property in Exiguobacterium Genus

• Published in: Microorganisms
• Main Authors: María Castillo López, Beatriz Galán, Manuel Carmona, Juana María Navarro Llorens, Juli Peretó, Manuel Porcar, Luis Getino, Elías R. Olivera, José M. Luengo, Laura Castro, José Luís García
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: Exiguobacterium; xerotolerance; biotechnology; polyextremophile; desiccation resistance; Helios; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9122455

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 previously described as a characteristic of the extremely dive...