Atacama Desert Soil Microbiology
The Atacama Desert is an ancient temperate desert (mean annual temperature of 14–16°C) that extends across 1,000 km from 30°S to 20°S along the Pacific coast of South America (McKay et al. 2003; Fig.
Authors; Authors and affiliations. Benito Gómez-Silva; Fred A. Rainey; Kimberley A. Warren-Rhodes; Christopher P. McKay; Rafael Navarro-González. Chapter.