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., García, José Luis, Castro Ruiz, Laura
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2021
• Subjects: 579.25; 577.1; Exiguobacterium; Xerotolerance; Biotechnology; Polyextremophile; Desiccation resistance; Biología molecular (Biología); Bioquímica (Biología); Microbiología (Biología); 2415 Biología Molecular; 2302 Bioquímica; 2414 Microbiología; Helios; permafrost
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/4902; 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...