OPENAIRE OpenAire u:cris Permanent Hosting, Archiving and Indexing of Digital Resources and Assets Sygma Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) UnpayWall DOAJ Crossref Microsoft Academic Graph Europe PubMed Central PubMed Central European Union Open Data Portal https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/mSystems.00495-19 https://doi.org/10.1128/msystems.00495-19 mSystems Open Access 2020-04-13 <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Microbial life is surprisingly abundant and diverse in global desert ecosystems. In these environments, microorganisms endure a multitude of physicochemical stresses, including low water potential, carbon and nitrogen starvation, and extreme temperatures. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the energetic mechanisms and trophic dynamics that underpin microbial function in desert ecosystems. Accumulating evidence suggests that dormancy is a common strategy that facilitates microbial survival in response to water and carbon limitation.</p></article> 0301 basic medicine dormancy CYANOBACTERIAL EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES Trace gas Microbiology SOIL CRUSTS Energy reserve HIGH-AFFINITY 03 medical and health sciences trace gas ATMOSPHERIC TRACE GASES Energetics energy reserve Dormancy SOR RONDANE MOUNTAINS Desert Photosynthesis 106026 Ecosystem research CARBON-MONOXIDE desert ATACAMA DESERT energetics 2. Zero hunger 106022 Mikrobiologie 0303 health sciences photosynthesis COMMUNITY RESPONSE 15. Life on land QR1-502 106026 Ökosystemforschung DRY SOIL 13. Climate action MOLECULAR-HYDROGEN 106022 Microbiology Minireview Chris Greening, Chris Greening, Dagmar Woebken, Sean K. Bay, Sean K. Bay, Dimitri V. Meier, Don A. Cowan, Eleonora Chiri, Eleonora Chiri, Pok Man Leung, Pok Man Leung, Osnat Gillor, 2020-04-28 journalpaper <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><article><p>Microbial life is surprisingly abundant and diverse in global desert ecosystems. In these environments, microorganisms endure a multitude of physicochemical stresses, including low water potential, carbon and nitrogen starvation, and extreme temperatures. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the energetic mechanisms and trophic dynamics that underpin microbial function in desert ecosystems. Accumulating evidence suggests that dormancy is a common strategy that facilitates microbial survival in response to water and carbon limitation.</p></article> Energetic Basis of Microbial Growth and Persistence in Desert Ecosystems 10.1128/msystems.00495-19 636928