{"669902":{"#nid":"669902","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Unveiling metabolic pathways involved in the extreme desiccation tolerance of an Atacama cyanobacterium","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGloeocapsopsis dulcis\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;strain AAB1 is an extremely xerotolerant cyanobacterium isolated from the Atacama Desert (the driest and oldest desert on Earth) that holds astrobiological significance due to its ability to biosynthesize compatible solutes at ultra-low water activities. A team including Postdoctoral Scholar \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/moore-rachel\u0022\u003ERachel A. Moore\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(the study\u0027s lead author) and Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/carr-dr-christopher\u0022\u003EChristopher Carr\u003C\/a\u003E, both with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;developed a genome-scale model to explore the metabolic capacity of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EG. dulcis\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;undergoing desiccation. Understanding specific metabolic adaptations employed by extremely desiccation-tolerant cyanobacteria like\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EG. dulcis\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;could be critical in identifying strategies for the survival of life in arid planetary environments such as Mars, especially given that the Atacama Desert is an established Martian analog.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGloeocapsopsis dulcis\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;strain AAB1 is an extremely xerotolerant cyanobacterium isolated from the Atacama Desert (the driest and oldest desert on Earth) that holds astrobiological significance due to its ability to biosynthesize compatible solutes at ultra-low water activities. A team including Postdoctoral Scholar \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/moore-rachel\u0022\u003ERachel A. Moore\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;(the study\u0027s lead author) and Assistant Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/carr-dr-christopher\u0022\u003EChristopher Carr\u003C\/a\u003E, both with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;developed a genome-scale model (GEM;\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EiGd895\u003C\/em\u003E) to explore the metabolic capacity of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EG. dulcis\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;undergoing desiccation. Understanding specific metabolic adaptations employed by extremely desiccation-tolerant cyanobacteria like\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EG. dulcis\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;could be critical in identifying strategies for the survival of life in arid planetary environments such as Mars, especially given that the Atacama Desert is an established Martian analog.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-09-25 14:11:18","changed_gmt":"2023-09-25 14:11:18","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Nature Scientific Reports","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-023-41879-8","dateline":{"date":"2023-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-09-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"193077","name":"Rachel A. Moore"},{"id":"189532","name":"Christopher Carr"},{"id":"722","name":"Astrobiology"},{"id":"193078","name":"cyanobacterium"},{"id":"193079","name":"Atacama Desert"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}