Diversidad metagenómica de bacterias extremófilas en volcanes andinos Cayambe y Sumaco del Ecuador
This research contributes to environmental microbiology in deciphering and understanding the complex terrestrial and aquatic system, particularly, the microbial evaluation of extreme ecosystems. In such environments, highly adapted organisms inhabit the most adverse landscapes. Such adaptation is hi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Cantabria (UC) |
| Repositorio: | UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/29216 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10902/29216 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Diversity Cayambe Sumaco Bacterial community Volcano Andes Ecuador Diversidad Comunidad bacteriana Volcán |
| Sumario: | This research contributes to environmental microbiology in deciphering and understanding the complex terrestrial and aquatic system, particularly, the microbial evaluation of extreme ecosystems. In such environments, highly adapted organisms inhabit the most adverse landscapes. Such adaptation is highly dynamic and complex, and often more than one evolutionary process is involved. For example, in glaciers, temperatures below 0°C, high ultraviolet radiation and scarcity of energetic sources are challenging factors that microorganisms in this type of habitat must successfully cope with. Many of these types of microorganisms can reduce energy consumption and express enzymes with high catalytic activity that can be applied to industry. This proximal study covers both the technology employed to achieve the objectives, as well as the most important aspect about the structure and identification of the bacterial communities present in the two locations in the Ecuadorian Andes, the Cayambe glacier and the Sumaco volcano, not reported until now. |
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