The desert of Tataouine: an extreme environment that hosts a wide diversity of microorganisms and radiotolerant bacteria.

A, Chanal; V, Chapon; K, Benzerara; M, Barakat; R, Christen; W, Achouak; F, Barras; T, Heulin

doi:10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00921.x

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The desert of Tataouine: an extreme environment that hosts a wide diversity of microorganisms and radiotolerant bacteria.

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Chanal A

Chapon V

Benzerara K

Abstract

The phylogenetic diversity of prokaryotic communities exposed to arid conditions in the hot desert of Tataouine (south Tunisia) was estimated with a combination of a culture and - molecular-based analysis. Thirty-one isolates, representative of each dominant morphotypes, were affiliated to Actinobac...

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