| survival of microorganisms under the extreme conditions of the atacama desert. | spores of bacillus subtilis, conidia of aspergillus niger, versicolor and ochraceus and cells of deinococcus radiodurans have been exposed in the dark at two locations (at about 23 degrees s and 24 degrees s) in the atacama desert for up to 15 months. b. subtilis spores (survival approximately 15%) and a. niger conidia (survival approximately 30%) outlived the other species. the survival of the conidia and spores species was only slightly poorer than that of the corresponding laboratory controls ... | 2001 | 11434107 |