Living at the frontiers of life: extremophiles in Chile and their potential for bioremediation

R Orellana, C Macaya, G Bravo, F Dorochesi… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Extremophiles are organisms capable of adjust, survive or thrive in hostile habitats that were
previously thought to be adverse or lethal for life. Chile gathers a wide range of extreme …

Extreme slow growth as alternative strategy to survive deep starvation in bacteria

DA Gray, G Dugar, P Gamba, H Strahl… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Bacteria can become dormant or form spores when they are starved for nutrients. Here, we
find that non-sporulating Bacillus subtilis cells can survive deep starvation conditions for …

The direct inhibitory effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus, a commensal urinary bacterium, on calcium oxalate stone development

C Noonin, A Putpim, V Thongboonkerd - Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Background Lactobacillus acidophilus is a commensal urinary bacterium found more
abundantly in healthy individuals than in stone patients. Hence, it has been proposed to play …

Flow cytometry: a tool for understanding the behaviour of polyhydroxyalkanoate accumulators

K González, A Salinas, F Pinto, R Navia, S Liu… - Applied Microbiology …, 2023 - Springer
The use of mixed microbial cultures (MMCs) is seen as an attractive strategy for
polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production. In order to optimize the MMC-PHA production …

Extremophiles diversity, biotechnological applications and current trends

Y Lugani, VR Vemuluri - Extremophiles, 2022 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Extremophiles are adapted to thrive under myriad extreme environmental conditions such as
high (55ºC to 121ºC) or low (–2ºC to–20ºC) temperature, acidic (pH< 4) or alkaline (pH> 8) …

Glycine Betaine Effect on Dormancy in Deinococcus sp. UDEC-P1 and Psychrobacter sp. UDEC-A5 Exposed to Hyperosmotic Stress

K Gonzalez, B Parra, CT Smith, M Martinez - Current Microbiology, 2019 - Springer
Bacteria under stress increase the proportion of dormant cells to ensure their survival. Cold
and osmotic stress are similar, because in both the availability of water is reduced. Glycine …