Wolf T. PecherFabiana Lilian MartínezPriya DasSarmaDaniel GuzmánShiladitya DasSarma2026-03-222026-03-22202010.1128/mra.00374-20https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00374-20https://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/47903Citaciones: 9Salar de Uyuni is a vast, high-altitude salt flat in Bolivia with extreme physico-geochemical properties approaching multiple limits of life. Evidence for diverse halophilic bacteria and archaea was found in its surface and near-surface salt crust using 16S amplicon analysis, providing a snapshot of prokaryotic life.enHalophileArchaea16S ribosomal RNACrustExtreme environmentBiologySalt panBacteriaGeographyEcology16S rRNA Gene Diversity in the Salt Crust of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, the World’s Largest Salt Flatarticle