EU-funded project (101182278), we aim to unlock the industrial potential of extremophilic organisms to develop sustainable #bioprocesses
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This is Blood Falls 🩸Its red colour comes from iron-rich water flowing. Despite the freezing cold 🥶, the high salinity 😵 and the lack of oxygen 😨, more than 17 types of microbes live there!
The Arabian Peninsula is quite a spot to study. 👀
🦠 Its ecosystems go from deserts and salt flats to deep-sea systems. Therefore, they combine multiple extremes: heat 🌡️, salinity 🧂, radiation ☢️ and low nutrients ⤵️. Check it out here 👉
🚀 From the Atacama Desert… to space. Chilean extremophiles were sent to the ISS to test how life behaves in microgravity and radiation 🦠The limits of life keep expanding beyond Earth 🌍. Read the whole story here 👉 bit.ly/4ntnPzP
🌿 This alga is well-prepared for the summer! It can resist very salty water 🧂, strong sunlight ☀️ and temperature changes🌡️. It can be useful as a natural source of antioxidants, which help protect cells from damage. Learn more about this green alga 👉
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Lut Desert is one of the hottest and most arid regions on Earth, and yet, corn thrives in it. How so?
Near the roots of the corn, there are extreme-adapted bacteria that significantly improve maize growth and physiological performance 💪
Read now: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
On May 6, XTREAM coordinator, Antonio García Moyano, joined a breakfast meeting in Bergen, Norway.
Throughout the talk, he showed how unique microorganisms 🦠 can inspire sustainable solutions for food 🍽, industry 🏭, and the environment 🏞
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Tomorrow we’re launching the new edition of the newsletter of the Cluster of Aquatic Extremophiles:
#XTREAM, #EXPLORA, #NEXTMARINE, and #XTREMOLIFE
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👀 Since its discovery, extremophiles have revolutionised research. 🔬 Sometimes it is good to look back and watch everything that biotechnology has done for us already 👉 www.popularmechanics.com/science/envi...
