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Use of Phycobiliproteins from Atacama Cyanobacteria as Food Colorants in a Dairy Beverage Prototype by Galetović, Alexandra, Seura, Francisca, Gallardo, Valeska, Graves, Rocío, Cortés, Juan, Valdivia, Carolina, Núñez, Javier, Tapia, Claudia, Neira, Iván, Sanzana, Sigrid, Gómez-Silva, Benito

“…The interest of the food industry in replacing artificial dyes with natural pigments has grown recently. Cyanobacterial phycobiliproteins (PBPs), phycoerythrin…”
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UV-A Irradiation Increases Scytonemin Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria Inhabiting Halites at Salar Grande, Atacama Desert by Orellana, Gabriela, Gómez-Silva, Benito, Urrutia, Milton, Galetović, Alexandra

“…Microbial consortia inhabiting evaporitic salt nodules at the Atacama Desert are dominated by unculturable cyanobacteria from the genus Halothece. Halite…”
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Haloterrigena sp. Strain SGH1, a Bacterioruberin-Rich, Perchlorate-Tolerant Halophilic Archaeon Isolated From Halite Microbial Communities, Atacama Desert, Chile by Flores, Nataly, Hoyos, Sebastián, Venegas, Mauricio, Galetović, Alexandra, Zúñiga, Lidia M, Fábrega, Francisca, Paredes, Bernardo, Salazar-Ardiles, Camila, Vilo, Claudia, Ascaso, Carmen, Wierzchos, Jacek, Souza-Egipsy, Virginia, Araya, Jorge E, Batista-García, Ramón Alberto, Gómez-Silva, Benito

“…An extreme halophilic archaeon, strain SGH1, is a novel microorganism isolated from endolithic microbial communities colonizing halites at Salar Grande,…”
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Absence of Cyanotoxins in Llayta, Edible Nostocaceae Colonies from the Andes Highlands by Galetović, Alexandra, Azevedo, Joana, Castelo-Branco, Raquel, Oliveira, Flavio, Gómez-Silva, Benito, Vasconcelos, Vitor

“…Edible Llayta are cyanobacterial colonies consumed in the Andes highlands. Llayta and four isolated cyanobacteria strains were tested for cyanotoxins…”
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Cellulose Synthase in Atacama Cyanobacteria and Bioethanol Production from Their Exopolysaccharides by Galetovic, Alexandra, Peña, Gabriel, Fernández, Nicole, Urrutia, Milton, Flores, Nataly, Gómez-Silva, Benito, Di Ruggiero, Jocelyne, Shene, Carolina, Bustamante, Mariela

“…Cyanobacteria produce exopolysaccharides (EPSs) as an adaptative mechanism against ultraviolet radiation and desiccation. Cellulose is present in the…”
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A Microethnographic and Ethnobotanical Approach to Llayta Consumption Among Andes Feeding Practices by Rivera, Mailing, Galetović, Alexandra, Licuime, Romina, Gómez-Silva, Benito

“…Llayta is a dietary supplement that has been used by rural communities in Perú and northern Chile since pre-Columbian days. Llayta is the biomass of colonies…”
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Staphylococcus sciuri Strain LCHXa is a Free-Living Lithium-Tolerant Bacterium Isolated from Salar de Atacama, Chile by Salazar-Ardiles, Camila, Caimanque, Tamara, Galetović, Alexandra, Vilo, Claudia, Araya, Jorge E, Flores, Nataly, Gómez-Silva, Benito

“…In addition to the industrial and biomedical applications of lithium, information on the tolerance of microorganisms to high Li concentrations in natural…”
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Draft Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus sciuri Strain LCHXa, a Lithium-Tolerant Bacterium Isolated from Laguna Chaxa, Salar de Atacama, Chile by Vilo, Claudia, Salazar-Ardiles, Camila, Caimanque, Tamara N, Dong, Qunfeng, Flores, Nataly, Galetović, Alexandra, Araya, Jorge E, Gómez-Silva, Benito

“…A Gram-positive, coagulase-negative, novobiocin resistant, and lithium-tolerant bacterium was isolated from Salar de Atacama. Strain LCHXa is closely related…”
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Chemical Profiling, Antioxidant, Anticholinesterase, and Antiprotozoal Potentials of Artemisia copa Phil. (Asteraceae) by Larrazábal-Fuentes, María José, Fernández-Galleguillos, Carlos, Palma-Ramírez, Jenifer, Romero-Parra, Javier, Sepúlveda, Kevin, Galetovic, Alexandra, González, Jorge, Paredes, Adrián, Bórquez, Jorge, Simirgiotis, Mario J, Echeverría, Javier

“…Phil. (Asteraceae) (known as copa-copa) is a native species of Chile used as an infusion in traditional medicine by Atacameños people in the Altiplano,…”
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Metagenome-Assembled Genome of Cyanocohniella sp. LLY from the Cyanosphere of Llayta, an Edible Andean Cyanobacterial Macrocolony by Vilo, Claudia, Dong, Qunfeng, Galetovic, Alexandra, Gómez-Silva, Benito

“…Cyanobacterial macrocolonies known as Llayta are found in Andean wetlands and have been consumed since pre-Columbian times in South America. Macrocolonies of…”
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Metagenomics of Atacama Lithobiontic Extremophile Life Unveils Highlights on Fungal Communities, Biogeochemical Cycles and Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes by Gómez-Silva, Benito, Vilo-Muñoz, Claudia, Galetović, Alexandra, Dong, Qunfeng, Castelán-Sánchez, Hugo G, Pérez-Llano, Yordanis, Sánchez-Carbente, María Del Rayo, Dávila-Ramos, Sonia, Cortés-López, Nohemí Gabriela, Martínez-Ávila, Liliana, Dobson, Alan D W, Batista-García, Ramón Alberto

“…Halites, which are typically found in various Atacama locations, are evaporitic rocks that are considered as micro-scaled salterns. Both structural and…”
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The repetitive cytoskeletal protein H49 of Trypanosoma cruzi is a calpain-like protein located at the flagellum attachment zone by Galetović, Alexandra, Souza, Renata T, Santos, Marcia R M, Cordero, Esteban M, Bastos, Izabela M D, Santana, Jaime M, Ruiz, Jeronimo C, Lima, Fabio M, Marini, Marjorie M, Mortara, Renato A, da Silveira, José Franco

“…Trypanosoma cruzi has a single flagellum attached to the cell body by a network of specialized cytoskeletal and membranous connections called the flagellum…”
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Fungal diversity in the Atacama Desert by Santiago, Iara F., Gonçalves, Vívian N., Gómez-Silva, Benito, Galetovic, Alexandra, Rosa, Luiz H.

“…Fungi are generally easily dispersed, able to colonise a wide variety of substrata and can tolerate diverse environmental conditions. However, despite these…”
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Metagenome-Assembled Genome of ICyanocohniella/I sp. LLY from the Cyanosphere of Llayta, an Edible Andean Cyanobacterial Macrocolony by Vilo, Claudia, Dong, Qunfeng, Galetovic, Alexandra, Gómez-Silva, Benito

“…Cyanobacterial macrocolonies known as Llayta are found in Andean wetlands and have been consumed since pre-Columbian times in South America. Macrocolonies of…”
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Fungi associated with rocks of the Atacama Desert: taxonomy, distribution, diversity, ecology and bioprospection for bioactive compounds by Gonçalves, Vívian N, Cantrell, Charles L, Wedge, David E, Ferreira, Mariana C, Soares, Marco Aurélio, Jacob, Melissa R, Oliveira, Fabio S, Galante, Douglas, Rodrigues, Fabio, Alves, Tânia M. A, Zani, Carlos L, Junior, Policarpo A. S, Murta, Silvane, Romanha, Alvaro J, Barbosa, Emerson C, Kroon, Erna G, Oliveira, Jaquelline G, Gomez‐Silva, Benito, Galetovic, Alexandra, Rosa, Carlos A, Rosa, Luiz H

“…This study assessed the diversity of cultivable rock‐associated fungi from Atacama Desert. A total of 81 fungal isolates obtained were identified as 29…”
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Composición bioquímica y toxicidad de colonias comestibles de la cianobacteria andina Nostoc sp. Llayta by Galetovic, Alexandra, Araya, Jorge E., Gómez-Silva, Benito

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Fungi associated with rocks of the A tacama D esert: taxonomy, distribution, diversity, ecology and bioprospection for bioactive compounds by Gonçalves, Vívian N., Cantrell, Charles L., Wedge, David E., Ferreira, Mariana C., Soares, Marco Aurélio, Jacob, Melissa R., Oliveira, Fabio S., Galante, Douglas, Rodrigues, Fabio, Alves, Tânia M. A., Zani, Carlos L., Junior, Policarpo A. S., Murta, Silvane, Romanha, Alvaro J., Barbosa, Emerson C., Kroon, Erna G., Oliveira, Jaquelline G., Gomez‐Silva, Benito, Galetovic, Alexandra, Rosa, Carlos A., Rosa, Luiz H.

“…Summary This study assessed the diversity of cultivable rock‐associated fungi from A tacama D esert. A total of 81 fungal isolates obtained were identified as…”
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Draft Genome Sequence of a Bacillus Bacterium from the Atacama Desert Wetlands Metagenome by Vilo, Claudia, Galetovic, Alexandra, Araya, Jorge E, Gómez-Silva, Benito, Dong, Qunfeng

“…We report here the draft genome sequence of a Bacillus bacterium isolated from the microflora of Nostoc colonies grown at the Andean wetlands in northern…”
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Composición bioquímica y toxicidad de colonias comestibles de la cianobacteria andina Nostoc sp. Llayta by Galetovic, Alexandra, E. Araya, Jorge, Gómez-Silva, Benito

“…RESUMEN Llayta es el nombre asignado a la biomasa seca de macrocolonias de una cianobacteria filamentosa, clasificada como Nostoc sp. Llayta crece en humedales…”
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Singlet oxtgen-mediated photobleaching of the prosthetic group in hemoglobins and C-phycocyanin by Tapia, Guillermina, Galetovic, Alexandra, Lemp, Else, Pino, Eduardo, Lissi, Eduardo

“…Proteins bearing colored prosthetic groups, such as the heme group in hemoglobin or the bilin group in c-phycocyanin, quench singlet oxygen by interactions at…”
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