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  1. Exploring the potential of the halotolerant bacterial strain Bacillus subtilis LN8B as an ecofriendly sulfide collector for seawater flotation

    Article • Journal of Applied Microbiology, December 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  2. Cellulose Synthase in Atacama Cyanobacteria and Bioethanol Production from Their Exopolysaccharides

    Article • Microorganisms, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  3. Contribution of soil bacteria to the atmosphere across biomes

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, May 2023, Elsevier

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  4. Presence of Free-living Acanthamoeba in Loa and Salado Rivers, Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

    Article • Microorganisms, November 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  5. Editorial: Adaptive response of living beings to extreme environments: Integrative approaches from cellular and molecular biology, biotechnology, microbiology to physiology

    Article • Frontiers in Physiology, November 2022, Frontiers

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  6. Metagenome-Assembled Genome of Cyanocohniella sp. LLY from the Cyanosphere of Llayta, an Edible Andean Cyanobacterial Macrocolony

    Article • Microorganisms, July 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  7. Metagenome-Assembled Genome of Cyanocohniella sp. LLY From the Cyanosphere of Llayta, an Edible Andean Cyanobacterial Macrocolony

    Article • June 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  8. Genomic Insights on the Functional Capabilities of the Cyano-Sphere of Edible Andean Nostoc Macrocolonies (Llayta)

    Article • February 2022, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  9. The Atacama Desert: A Biodiversity Hotspot and Not Just a Mineral-Rich Region

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, February 2022, Frontiers

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  10. Aqueous Dried Extract of Skytanthus acutus Meyen as Corrosion Inhibitor of Carbon Steel in Neutral Chloride Solutions

    Article • Metals, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  11. Mating induces early transcriptional response in the rat endosalpinx: the role of TNF and RA

    Article • Reproduction, January 2021, Bioscientifica

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  12. UV-A Irradiation Increases Scytonemin Biosynthesis in Cyanobacteria Inhabiting Halites at Salar Grande, Atacama Desert

    Article • Microorganisms, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  13. Absence of Cyanotoxins in Llayta, Edible Nostocaceae Colonies from the Andes Highlands

    Article • Toxins, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  14. Staphylococcus sciuri Strain LCHXa is a Free-Living Lithium-Tolerant Bacterium Isolated from Salar de Atacama, Chile

    Article • Microorganisms, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  15. Haloterrigena sp. Strain SGH1, a Bacterioruberin-Rich, Perchlorate-Tolerant Halophilic Archaeon Isolated From Halite Microbial Communities, Atacama Desert, Chile

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2020, Frontiers

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  16. Use of Phycobiliproteins from Atacama Cyanobacteria as Food Colorants in a Dairy Beverage Prototype

    Article • Foods, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  17. Metagenomics of Atacama Lithobiontic Extremophile Life Unveils Highlights on Fungal Communities, Biogeochemical Cycles and Carbohydrate-Active Enzymes

    Article • Microorganisms, November 2019, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  18. Halophilic microbial community compositional shift after a rare rainfall in the Atacama Desert

    Article • The ISME Journal, July 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  19. Draft Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus sciuri Strain LCHXa, a Lithium-Tolerant Bacterium Isolated from Laguna Chaxa, Salar de Atacama, Chile

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, January 2019, ASM Journals

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  20. A Microethnographic and Ethnobotanical Approach to Llayta Consumption Among Andes Feeding Practices

    Article • Foods, December 2018, MDPI AG

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  21. Fungal diversity in the Atacama Desert

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  22. Lithobiontic life: “Atacama rocks are well and alive”

    Article • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, February 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  23. Composición bioquímica y toxicidad de colonias comestibles de la cianobacteria andina Nostoc sp. Llayta

    Article • Revista chilena de nutrición, January 2017, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  24. The Atacama Desert: Technical Resources and the Growing Importance of Novel Microbial Diversity

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, September 2016, Annual Reviews

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  25. Fungi associated with rocks of the Atacama Desert: taxonomy, distribution, diversity, ecology and bioprospection for bioactive compounds

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, September 2015, Wiley

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  26. Genome sequence of a Bacillus from Andes the highlands.

    Article • Genome Announcements, August 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  27. Distribution of scytonemin in endolithic microbial communities from halite crusts in the hyperarid zone of the Atacama Desert, Chile

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Ecology, July 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  28. Microbial diversity and the presence of algae in halite endolithic communities are correlated to atmospheric moisture in the hyper-arid zone of the Atacama Desert

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, January 2014, Wiley

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  29. Hypolithic Cyanobacteria Supported Mainly by Fog in the Coastal Range of the Atacama Desert

    Article • Microbial Ecology, December 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  30. Microbial colonization of Ca-sulfate crusts in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert: implications for the search for life on Mars

    Article • Geobiology, August 2010, Wiley

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  31. Facilitation of endolithic microbial survival in the hyperarid core of the Atacama Desert by mineral deliquescence

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2008, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  32. Atacama Desert Soil Microbiology

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  33. Ecology and spatial pattern of cyanobacterial community island patches in the Atacama Desert, Chile

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  34. Relative humidity patterns and fog water precipitation in the Atacama Desert and biological implications

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  35. Deinococcus peraridilitoris sp. nov., isolated from a coastal desert

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, July 2007, Society for General Microbiology

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  36. Hypolithic Cyanobacteria, Dry Limit of Photosynthesis, and Microbial Ecology in the Hyperarid Atacama Desert

    Article • Microbial Ecology, July 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  37. Atmospheric moisture collection from a continuous air flow through a refrigerated coil tube

    Article • Atmospheric Research, August 2004, Elsevier

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  38. Mars-Like Soils in the Yungay Area, the Driest Core of the Atacama Desert in Northern Chile

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  39. Mars-Like Soils in the Atacama Desert, Chile, and the Dry Limit of Microbial Life

    Article • Science, November 2003, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  40. Temperature and Moisture Conditions for Life in the Extreme Arid Region of the Atacama Desert: Four Years of Observations Including the El Niño of 1997–1998

    Article • Astrobiology, June 2003, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  41. Article • Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  42. Teaching biochemistry to medical technology students

    Article • Biochemical Education, January 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  43. Photocontrol of Chloroplast and Mitochondrial Polypeptide Levels in Euglena

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, March 1986, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  44. Oxidative Phosphorylation Coupled to Respiration in Highly Purified Intact Euglena Mitochondria

    Article • Journal of Plant Physiology, September 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  45. Synthetic abilities of Euglena chloroplasts in darkness

    Article • Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Bioenergetics, August 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  46. The light requirement for protein synthesis and carbon dioxide fixation in highly purified intact Euglena chloroplasts

    Article • Plant Science, June 1985, Elsevier

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva

  47. Chlorophyll biosynthesis from glutamate or 5-aminolevulinate in intact Euglena chloroplasts

    Article • Planta, January 1985, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Benito Gómez-Silva