Desert soil microbes adapt to thrive in extreme dry conditions

Desert soil microbes adapt to thrive in extreme dry conditions

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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 19, 2024

Scientists from the University of Vienna have shed light on how desert soil bacteria survive and thrive under the extreme conditions of prolonged droughts and intermittent heavy rainfall. Their findings, led by microbiologist Dagmar Woebken at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS), were recently detailed in Nature Communications. Covering over 46% of the Ea

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