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Isolation sites, genomic assembly characteristics, and ANI-based taxonomic assignment of three extremophilic bacterial isolates. (a–c) Representative sampling sites of bacterial isolates: (a) Atacama Desert, (b) Salar de Huasco, and (c) Antarctic soil. (d–f) Circular genome representations illustrating variability in genome size, contiguity, and genetic content: (d) Bacillus velezensis PQ169 (76 contigs, 4.18 Mb), (e) Pseudoalteromonas sp. AMH3-8 (single contig, 4.74 Mb), and (f) Rugamonas violacea T1-13 (171 contigs, 6.85 Mb). Rings (outer to inner) represent predicted CDSs, RNA genes (rRNA, tRNA, and tmRNA), GC content, and GC skew. -- Int J Mol Sci via PubMed

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Adapting to UV: Integrative Genomic and Structural Analysis in Bacteria from Chilean Extreme Environments

by Keith CowingJuly 3, 2025September 18, 2025

Extremophilic bacteria from extreme environments, such as the Atacama Desert, Salar de Huasco, and Antarctica, exhibit adaptations to intense UV radiation. In this study, we investigated the genomic and structural […]

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Adapting to UV: Integrative Genomic and Structural Analysis in Bacteria from Chilean Extreme Environments

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