Life at extreme elevations on Atacama volcanoes: the closest thing to Mars on Earth?

Microbial Communities of High-Elevation Fumaroles, Penitentes, and Dry Tephra “Soils” of the Puna de Atacama Volcanic Zone

(2018) Adam J. Solon et al.   MICROBIAL ECOLOGY

Freeze–thaw revival of rotifers and algae in a desiccated, high-elevation (5500 meters) microbial mat, high Andes, Perú

(2017) S. K. Schmidt et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Earliest signs of life on land preserved in ca. 3.5 Ga hot spring deposits

(2017) Tara Djokic et al.   Nature Communications

Growth of high-elevation Cryptococcus sp. during extreme freeze–thaw cycles

(2016) L. Vimercati et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

Nearing the cold-arid limits of microbial life in permafrost of an upper dry valley, Antarctica

(2016) Jacqueline Goordial et al.   ISME Journal

Microbial communities in dark oligotrophic volcanic ice cave ecosystems of Mt. Erebus, Antarctica

(2015) Bradley M. Tebo et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

UV-resistant yeasts isolated from a high-altitude volcanic area on the Atacama Desert as eukaryotic models for astrobiology

(2015) André A. Pulschen et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

Are thermophilic microorganisms active in cold environments?

(2014) Charles S. Cockell et al.   International Journal of Astrobiology

Description of Thermogemmatispora carboxidivorans sp. nov., a carbon-monoxide-oxidizing member of the class Ktedonobacteria isolated from a geothermally heated biofilm, and analysis of carbon monoxide oxidation by members of the class Ktedonobacteria

(2014) C. E. King et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Evidence of global-scale aeolian dispersal and endemism in isolated geothermal microbial communities of Antarctica

(2014) Craig W. Herbold et al.   Nature Communications

Viola gélida, a new, rare and vulnerable rosulate species from the high Andes of Atacama Region, Chile

(2014) John M Watson et al.   GAYANA BOTANICA

Metagenomic evidence for metabolism of trace atmospheric gases by high-elevation desert Actinobacteria

(2014) Ryan C. Lynch et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Archaeological, radiological, and biological evidence offer insight into Inca child sacrifice

(2013) A. S. Wilson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Colonization patterns of soil microbial communities in the Atacama Desert

(2013) Alexander Crits-Christoph et al.   Microbiome

Fungal communities at the edge: Ecological lessons from high alpine fungi

(2012) S.K. Schmidt et al.   Fungal Ecology

Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and contextual data of the filamentous soil bacterium Ktedonobacter racemifer type strain (SOSP1-21T)

(2011) Yun-juan Chang et al.   Standards in Genomic Sciences

Distribution and diversity of carbon monoxide-oxidizing bacteria and bulk bacterial communities across a succession gradient on a Hawaiian volcanic deposit

(2010) C. F. Weber et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The volcanic history of Mars: High-resolution crater-based studies of the calderas of 20 volcanoes

(2010) Stuart J. Robbins et al.   ICARUS

Globulinella halloyi (Pottiaceae), a new species from Argentina

(2009) MarÍa M. Schiavone et al.   BRYOLOGIST

Soil CO2flux and photoautotrophic community composition in high-elevation, ‘barren’ soil

(2009) Kristen R. Freeman et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial activity and diversity during extreme freeze–thaw cycles in periglacial soils, 5400 m elevation, Cordillera Vilcanota, Perú

(2009) S. K. Schmidt et al.   EXTREMOPHILES

A Constant Flux of Diverse Thermophilic Bacteria into the Cold Arctic Seabed

(2009) C. Hubert et al.   SCIENCE

Fumarole-Supported Islands of Biodiversity within a Hyperarid, High-Elevation Landscape on Socompa Volcano, Puna de Atacama, Andes

(2008) E. K. Costello et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

High levels of microbial biomass and activity in unvegetated tropical and temperate alpine soils

(2008) A.J. King et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY