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List of works by Cecilia Demergasso

A Descriptive Model for Microbial Population Dynamics in a Copper Sulphide Bioleaching Heap with Spatial and Physicochemical Considerations

scientific article published in October 2013

A Multidisciplinary Evaluation of Spatial Heterogeneity in the Puquios of the Salar de Llamara, Atacama Desert, Northern Chile

scientific article published in February 2021

A Test in a High Altitude Lake of a Multi-Parametric Rapid Methodology for Assessing Life in Liquid Environments on Planetary Bodies: A Potential New Freshwater Polychaete Tubeworm Community

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

A microbial oasis in the hypersaline Atacama subsurface discovered by a life detector chip: implications for the search for life on Mars

scientific article (publication date: December 2011)

A thiotrophic microbial community in an acidic brine lake in Northern Chile

scientific article published on 10 May 2018

AHL signaling molecules with a large acyl chain enhance biofilm formation on sulfur and metal sulfides by the bioleaching bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

scientific article published on 03 July 2012

Addressing Strategic Knowledge Gaps in the Search for Biosignatures on Mars

scientific article

An indigenous bacterium with enhanced performance of microbially-induced Ca-carbonate biomineralization under extreme alkaline conditions for concrete and soil-improvement industries

scientific article published on 16 November 2020

Analysis of Gene Expression as Marker of Relevant Metabolisms, in Three <i>Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans</i> Strains, in Different Growth Conditions

scientific article published in October 2013

Analysis of Gene Expression in Response to Copper Stress in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Strain D2, Isolated from a Copper Bioleaching Operation

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Archaeal diversity along a subterranean salt core from the Salar Grande (Chile).

scientific article

Arsenic Nanoparticles Trigger Apoptosis via Induction in OECM-1 Cells

scientific article published on 18 June 2024

Assessment of Microbial Adhesion in Mixed Cultures to Sulfide Minerals Using CARD-FISH Techniques

scientific article published in May 2009

Assessment of bioavailable arsenic and copper in soils and sediments from the Antofagasta region of northern Chile

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Bacterial Activity at Low Temperature in Cultures Derived from a Low-Grade Copper Sulphide Bioleaching Heap at the Escondida Mine, Chile

scientific article published in July 2007

Bioleaching of Covellite from Low Grade Copper Sulphide Ore and Tails

scientific article published in October 2013

Bioleaching of copper secondary sulfide ore in the presence of chloride by means of inoculation with chloride-tolerant microbial culture

Bioleaching of copper secondary sulfide ore in the presence of chloride by means of inoculation with chloride-tolerant microbial culture

scientific article published in December 2014

Biological Production of Copper Sulfide Concentrate from Flotation Tailings and Low Grade Ore

scientific article published in August 2017

Biologically Assisted Copper Secondary Sulfide Ore Leaching in the Presence of Chloride

scientific article published in October 2013

Biomarkers and Metabolic Patterns in the Sediments of Evolving Glacial Lakes as a Proxy for Planetary Lake Exploration.

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Characterization of Oxidizing Activity of a Microbial Community in an Industrial Bioleaching Heap

scientific article published in May 2009

Comparison between the Bacterial Populations from Solutions and Minerals in 1 m Test Columns and the Industrial Low Grade Copper Sulphide Bioleaching Process in the Escondida Mine, Chile

scientific article published in May 2009

Copper resistance, motility and the mineral dissolution behavior were assessed as novel factors involved in bacterial adhesion in bioleaching

Copper resistance, motility and the mineral dissolution behavior were assessed as novel factors involved in bacterial adhesion in bioleaching

scientific article published in October 2015

Correction to “The High-Lakes Project”

scholarly article

Correction to: A thiotrophic microbial community in an acidic brine lake in Northern Chile

scientific article published on 01 October 2018

Decision support system for bioleaching processes

Decision support system for bioleaching processes

scientific article published in November 2018

Differential Gene Expression of Industrial Bioleaching Transcriptomes by <i>Leptospirillum Ferrooxidans</i> DNA Microarray

scientific article published in May 2009

Differential Genetic Expression in Heap Bioleaching of Low-Grade Copper Sulphide Ore at Escondida Mine, Chile

scientific article published in July 2007

Distribution of microbial arsenic reduction, oxidation and extrusion genes along a wide range of environmental arsenic concentrations.

scientific article

Distribution of prokaryotic genetic diversity in athalassohaline lakes of the Atacama Desert, Northern Chile.

scientific article published in April 2004

Diversity of<i>Bacteroidetes</i>in high-altitude saline evaporitic basins in northern Chile

scientific article published in 2009

Draft Genome Sequence of Nitrincola sp. Strain A-D6, an Arsenic-Resistant Gammaproteobacterium Isolated from a Salt Flat

scientific article

Draft genome sequence of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans CLST isolated from the acidic hypersaline Gorbea salt flat in northern Chile.

scientific article published on 19 December 2017

Draft genome sequence of chloride-tolerant Leptospirillum ferriphilum Sp-Cl from industrial bioleaching operations in northern Chile

scientific article published on 27 February 2016

Dynamic of active microorganisms inhabiting a bioleaching industrial heap of low-grade copper sulfide ore monitored by real-time PCR and oligonucleotide prokaryotic acidophile microarray.

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Dynamics of declining lake habitat in changing climate

scientific article published in 2010

Effect of Contact with Organic Extractant LIX 84IC during Solvent Extraction Process on the Re-Establishment of Growth of Bioleaching Microorganisms

scientific article published in October 2013

Effect of Increased Acid Concentration on the Microbial Population Inhabiting an Industrial Heap Bioleaching Plant

scientific article published in October 2013

Effect of organic extractant LIX 84IC, pH and temperature changes on bioleaching microorganisms during SX treatment

Effect of organic extractant LIX 84IC, pH and temperature changes on bioleaching microorganisms during SX treatment

scientific article published in November 2012

Electrical conductivity as a driver of biological and geological spatial heterogeneity in the Puquios, Salar de Llamara, Atacama Desert, Chile

scientific article published on 17 June 2021

Enrichment of arsenic transforming and resistant heterotrophic bacteria from sediments of two salt lakes in Northern Chile

scientific article published on 4 May 2012

Estimation of Ionic Load Effect on the Oxidizing Activity of the Microbial Population in the Heap Bioleaching Process at Escondida Mine

scientific article published in October 2013

First draft genome sequence of a strain from the genus Fusibacter isolated from Salar de Ascotán in Northern Chile.

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

From Knowledge to Best Practices in Bioleaching

scientific article published in August 2017

From Laboratory towards Industrial Operation: Biomarkers for Acidophilic Metabolic Activity in Bioleaching Systems

scientific article published on 25 March 2021

From Mesophilic to Moderate Thermophilic Populations in an Industrial Heap Bioleaching Process

scientific article published in October 2013

Geochemistry and Microbiology in an Acidic, High Altitude (4,000 m) Salt Flat — High Andes, Northern Chile

scientific article published in October 2013

Hyperarid soil microbial community response to simulated rainfall

scientific article published in 2023

Identification of differentially expressed genes in an industrial bioleaching heap processing low-grade copper sulphide ore elucidated by RNA arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction

Identification of differentially expressed genes in an industrial bioleaching heap processing low-grade copper sulphide ore elucidated by RNA arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction

scientific article published in November 2008

Identification of trehalose as a compatible solute in different species of acidophilic bacteria

scientific article published on 28 September 2018

Integration of Scientific and Industrial Knowledge on Biohydrometallurgy

scientific article published on 7 October 2013

Investigating microbial diversity and UV radiation impact at the high-altitude Lake Aguas Calientes, Chile

scholarly article

Is the growth of microorganisms limited by carbon availability during chalcopyrite bioleaching?

Is the growth of microorganisms limited by carbon availability during chalcopyrite bioleaching?

scientific article published in March 2017

Life in the Atacama: Searching for life with rovers (science overview)

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Microbial Community Structure and the Persistence of Cyanobacterial Populations in Salt Crusts of the Hyperarid Atacama Desert from Genome-Resolved Metagenomics.

scientific article published on 28 July 2017

Microbial Succession during a Heap Bioleaching Cycle of Low Grade Copper Sulphides. Does this Knowledge Mean a Real Input for Industrial Process Design and Control?

scientific article published in May 2009

Microbial Survey on Industrial Bioleaching Heap by High-Throughput 16S Sequencing and Metagenomics Analysis

scientific article published in August 2017

Microbial succession during a heap bioleaching cycle of low grade copper sulfides

scientific article published in October 2010

Microbial succession during a heap bioleaching cycle of low grade copper sulfides

Microbiology and Nitrogen Cycle in the Benthic Sediments of a Glacial Oligotrophic Deep Andean Lake as Analog of Ancient Martian Lake-Beds

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Mineral Paragenesis Precipitating in Salt Flat Pools of Continental Environments Replicated in Microbial Mat Microcosms without Evaporation

scientific article published on 20 May 2022

Molecular preservation in halite- and perchlorate-rich hypersaline subsurface deposits in the Salar Grande basin (Atacama Desert, Chile): Implications for the search for molecular biomarkers on Mars

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Monitoring of Microbial Community Inhabiting a Low-Grade Copper Sulphide Ore by Quantitative Real-Time PCR Analysis of 16S rRNA Genes

scientific article published in July 2007

Normalization of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Data of Identified Genes from an Industrial Bioleaching Operation

scientific article published in May 2009

Novelty and spatio-temporal heterogeneity in the bacterial diversity of hypersaline Lake Tebenquiche (Salar de Atacama).

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Orbit-to-ground framework to decode and predict biosignature patterns in terrestrial analogues

scientific article published on 6 March 2023

Physical, chemical, and microbial feedbacks controlling brine geochemistry and lake morphology in polyextreme salar environments

scientific article published in August 2022

Prokaryotic diversity pattern in high-altitude ecosystems of the Chilean Altiplano

scientific article (publication date: June 2010)

Proteo and Actinobacteria Diversity at a Sulfide, Salt and Acid-Rich Lake in the North of Chile

scientific article published in October 2013

Rates and geochemical processes of soil and salt crust formation in Salars of the Atacama Desert, Chile

Rates and geochemical processes of soil and salt crust formation in Salars of the Atacama Desert, Chile

scientific article published in December 2016

Signatures of habitats and life in Earth's high-altitude lakes: clues to Noachian aqueous environments on Mars

scientific article published on 17 May 2007

Surface Morphologies in a Mars-Analog Ca-Sulfate Salar, High Andes, Northern Chile

scientific article published on 7 February 2022

Temporal Dynamics of Genes Involved in Metabolic Pathways of C and N of L. ferriphilum , in the Industrial Bioleaching Process of Escondida Mine, Chile

scientific article published in October 2013

The Ecological Coherence of Temperature and Salinity Tolerance Interaction and Pigmentation in a Non-marine Vibrio Isolated from Salar de Atacama.

scientific article published on December 2016

The Effect of Ammonium Supplementation on Bioleaching

scientific article published on 19 November 2024

The High-Lakes Project

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The acidic brine lakes of Chile: A surprising microbial community

scholarly article

The dynamics of two iron-oxidizing Acidithiobacillus strains in industrial copper sulfide heap-leaching

scientific article published in January 2024

Time-Integrative Multibiomarker Detection in Triassic–Jurassic Rocks from the Atacama Desert: Relevance to the Search for Basic Life Beyond Earth

scientific article published in November 2021

Transcription Dynamics of CBB-Pathway Genes in &lt;i&gt;Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans&lt;/i&gt; Growing under Different CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; Levels

scientific article published in August 2017

Validation of Genetic Markers Associated to Oxygen Availability in Low-Grade Copper Bioleaching Systems: An Industrial Application

scientific article published on 09 August 2019

Variance Calculations for Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments with Multiple Levels of Replication

scientific article published in October 2013

Variation in microbial community from predominantly mesophilic to thermotolerant and moderately thermophilic species in an industrial copper heap bioleaching operation

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Watershed-Induced Limnological and Microbial Status in Two Oligotrophic Andean Lakes Exposed to the Same Climatic Scenario.

scientific article published on 5 March 2018