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Virginia Souza-Egipsy

Técnico Superior Especializado CSIC
Verified email at ica.csic.es
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Reproduction and metabolism at− 10 C of bacteria isolated from Siberian permafrost

…, AI Tsapin, V SouzaEgipsy… - Environmental …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
We report the isolation and properties of several species of bacteria from Siberian permafrost.
Half of the isolates were spore‐forming bacteria unable to grow or metabolize at subzero …

In situ evaluation of the biodeteriorating action of microorganisms and the effects of biocides on carbonate rock of the Jeronimos Monastery (Lisbon)

C Ascaso, J Wierzchos, V Souza-Egipsy… - International …, 2002 - Elsevier
The biodeterioration effects of microorganisms colonizing the cloister terrace wall of the
Jeronimos Monastery (Lisbon) were evaluated using several microscopy techniques that allow …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptation strategies of endolithic chlorophototrophs to survive the hyperarid and extreme solar radiation environment of the Atacama Desert

…, P Vítek, O Artieda, V Souza-Egipsy… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The Atacama Desert, northern Chile, is one of the driest deserts on Earth and, as such, a
natural laboratory to explore the limits of life and the strategies evolved by microorganisms to …

Low-Temperature Growth of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

R Abboud, R Popa, V Souza-Egipsy… - Applied and …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is a mesophilic bacterium with a maximum growth temperature
of ≈35C but the ability to grow over a wide range of temperatures, including temperatures …

Models of iron oxide concretion formation: field, numerical, and laboratory comparisons

…, J Ormö, AJ Park, M Stich, V SOUZAEGIPSY… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Well‐exposed Jurassic Navajo Sandstone iron oxide concretions preserve important
diagenetic records of groundwater flow and water–rock interactions. Field relationships, …

Development and structure of eukaryotic biofilms in an extreme acidic environment, Río Tinto (SW, Spain)

A Aguilera, V Souza-Egipsy, F Gómez, R Amils - Microbial ecology, 2007 - Springer
An in situ colonization assay was performed to study the early stages of biofilm formation in
Río Tinto (SW, Spain), an extremely acidic environment (pH ca. 2). Eukaryotic assemblages …

Mg–silica precipitation in fossilization mechanisms of sand tufa endolithic microbial community, Mono Lake (California)

V Souza-Egipsy, J Wierzchos, C Ascaso, KH Nealson - Chemical Geology, 2005 - Elsevier
The detection of Mg–silica associated with endolithic biofilms of cyanobacteria and bacterial
communities living in lake shore sand tufa formations in Mono Lake (California) has been …

Geomicrobiology of la zarza-perrunal acid mine effluent (Iberian Pyritic Belt, Spain)

…, A Aguilera, V Souza-Egipsy… - Applied and …, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Effluent from La Zarza-Perrunal, a mine on the Iberian Pyrite Belt, was chosen to be
geomicrobiologically characterized along a 1,200-m stream length. The pH at the origin was 3.1, …

Extraction of extracellular polymeric substances from extreme acidic microbial biofilms

A Aguilera, V Souza-Egipsy, P San Martín-Úriz… - Applied microbiology …, 2008 - Springer
The efficiency of five extraction methods for extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) was
compared on three benthic eukaryotic biofilms isolated from an extreme acidic river, Río Tinto (…

Microbial colonisation of chasmoendolithic habitats in the hyper-arid zone of the Atacama Desert

…, T Souterre, J Ravel, O Artieda, V Souza-Egipsy… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
Efforts in searching for microbial life in the driest part of Atacama Desert, Chile, revealed a
small number of lithic habitats that can be considered as environmental refuges for life. In this …