| ecological patterns of micro-organisms in desert soils. | the atacama desert's hardy aerobic microbial populations have been found to occupy ecological niches substantially different from those occupied by aerobic micro-organisms in the california and valley of 10 000 smokes deserts. two specialized groups of microflora, the actinomycetes and micro-aerophiles, appear to be abundant in some portions of the atacama desert, though many of the bacterial and mold types and species common in the california deserts are absent. the factors defining the ecologi ... | 1967 | 11973846 |