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C. Demergasso

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h-index: 26
Works: 110
Citations: 2,598

Most-cited papers

A Microbial Oasis in the Hypersaline Atacama Subsurface Discovered by a Life Detector Chip: Implications for the Search for Life on Mars
V. Parro, G. de Diego-Castilla, M. Moreno-Paz, Y. Blanco +15 more
2011Astrobiology133 citations Open access
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Novelty and spatio–temporal heterogeneity in the bacterial diversity of hypersaline Lake Tebenquiche (Salar de Atacama)
C. Demergasso, L. Escudero, E. Casamayor, G. Chong +2 more
2008Extremophiles128 citations
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AHL signaling molecules with a large acyl chain enhance biofilm formation on sulfur and metal sulfides by the bioleaching bacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans
Alex R. González, Sören Bellenberg, Sigde Mamani, L. Ruíz +8 more
2013Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology100 citations Open access
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Archaeal diversity along a subterranean salt core from the Salar Grande (Chile).
Audrey Gramain, G. C. Dı́az, C. Demergasso, T. Lowenstein +1 more
2011Environmental Microbiology95 citations
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Diversity of Bacteroidetes in high-altitude saline evaporitic basins in northern Chile
C. Dorador, D. Meneses, V. Urtuvia, C. Demergasso +3 more
200990 citations Open access
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Distribution of Microbial Arsenic Reduction, Oxidation and Extrusion Genes along a Wide Range of Environmental Arsenic Concentrations
L. Escudero, E. Casamayor, G. Chong, Carles Pedrós-Alió +1 more
2013PLoS ONE88 citations Open access
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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
K. Finstad, A. Probst, B. Thomas, G. Andersen +4 more
2017Frontiers in Microbiology84 citations Open access
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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
F. Remonsellez, F. Galleguillos, M. Moreno-Paz, V. Parro +2 more
2009Microbial Biotechnology84 citations Open access
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Prokaryotic diversity pattern in high-altitude ecosystems of the Chilean Altiplano
C. Demergasso, C. Dorador, D. Meneses, J. Blamey +3 more
201072 citations Open access
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Microbial succession during a heap bioleaching cycle of low grade copper sulfides Does this knowledge mean a real input for industrial process design and control
C. Demergasso, F. Galleguillos, Pamela Soto, M. Serón +1 more
201071 citations
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An indigenous bacterium with enhanced performance of microbially-induced Ca-carbonate biomineralization under extreme alkaline conditions for concrete and soil-improvement industries.
Sabrina Marín, Ó. Cabestrero, C. Demergasso, Sarah Olivares +2 more
2020Acta Biomaterialia68 citations
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Microbial Precipitation of Arsenic Sulfides in Andean Salt Flats
C. Demergasso, C. Guillermo, Escudero G. Lorena, J. P. Mur +1 more
200767 citations
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Life in the Atacama: Searching for life with rovers (science overview)
N. Cabrol, David S. Wettergreen, Warren-Rhodes Kim, E. Grin +25 more
200762 citations
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Rates and geochemical processes of soil and salt crust formation in Salars of the Atacama Desert, Chile
K. Finstad, Marco Pfeiffer, G. McNicol, J. Barnes +3 more
201649 citations
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Variation in microbial community from predominantly mesophilic to thermotolerant and moderately thermophilic species in an industrial copper heap bioleaching operation
Mauricio Acosta, P. Galleguillos, Y. Ghorbani, Pierina Tapia +5 more
201449 citations Open access
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Enrichment of arsenic transforming and resistant heterotrophic bacteria from sediments of two salt lakes in Northern Chile
J. Lara, Lorena Escudero González, M. Ferrero, G. Chong-Diaz +2 more
2012Extremophiles47 citations
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The High‐Lakes Project
N. Cabrol, E. Grin, G. Chong, E. Minkley +20 more
200947 citations Open access
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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
D. Fernández-Remolar, G. Chong-Diaz, Marta Ruiz-Bermejo, M. Harir +17 more
201339 citations Open access
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Signatures of habitats and life in Earth's high-altitude lakes: clues to Noachian aqueous environments on Mars
N. Cabrol, C. Mckay, E. Grin, K. T. Kiss +13 more
200737 citations Open access
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Identification of differentially expressed genes in an industrial bioleaching heap processing low-grade copper sulphide ore elucidated by RNA arbitrarily primed polymerase chain reaction
P. Galleguillos, F. Remonsellez, F. Galleguillos, N. Guiliani +2 more
200833 citations
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Draft genome sequence of chloride-tolerant Leptospirillum ferriphilum Sp-Cl from industrial bioleaching operations in northern Chile
Francisco Issotta, P. Galleguillos, Ana Moya-Beltrán, Carol S. Davis-Belmar +9 more
2016Standards in Genomic Sciences30 citations Open access
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First draft genome sequence of a strain from the genus Fusibacter isolated from Salar de Ascotán in Northern Chile
Antonio E. Serrano, L. Escudero, C. Tebes-Cayo, Mauricio Acosta +3 more
2017Standards in Genomic Sciences27 citations Open access
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Parameters influencing the microbial oxidation activity in the industrial bioleaching heap at Escondida mine, Chile
Pamela Soto, P. Galleguillos, Marco A. Serón, Víctor J. Zepeda +2 more
201327 citations
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Identification of trehalose as a compatible solute in different species of acidophilic bacteria
P. Galleguillos, Barry M. Grail, K. B. Hallberg, C. Demergasso +1 more
2018Journal of Microbiology26 citations
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The Ecological Coherence of Temperature and Salinity Tolerance Interaction and Pigmentation in a Non-marine Vibrio Isolated from Salar de Atacama
Karem Gallardo, Jonathan E. Candia, F. Remonsellez, L. Escudero +1 more
2016Frontiers in Microbiology26 citations Open access
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Investigating microbial diversity and UV radiation impact at the high-altitude Lake Aguas Calientes, Chile
L. Escudero, G. Chong, C. Demergasso, M. E. Farías +4 more
2007SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications25 citations Open access
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Electrical conductivity as a driver of biological and geological spatial heterogeneity in the Puquios, Salar de Llamara, Atacama Desert, Chile
R. P. Reid, A. Oehlert, E. Suosaari, C. Demergasso +5 more
2021Scientific Reports24 citations Open access
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Effect of organic extractant LIX 84IC, pH and temperature changes on bioleaching microorganisms during SX treatment
Carol S. Davis-Belmar, I. Gallardo, C. Demergasso, G. Rautenbach
201224 citations
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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
F. Remonsellez, F. Galleguillos, Sonestie Janse van Rensburg, G. Rautenbach +3 more
200724 citations Open access
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Decision support system for bioleaching processes
C. Demergasso, Roberto Véliz, P. Galleguillos, Sabrina Marín +6 more
2018Hydrometallurgy22 citations
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Is the growth of microorganisms limited by carbon availability during chalcopyrite bioleaching
Sabrina Marín, Mauricio Acosta, P. Galleguillos, C. Chibwana +2 more
201722 citations
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Draft genome sequence of Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans CLST isolated from the acidic hypersaline Gorbea salt flat in northern Chile
Raquel Quatrini, L. Escudero, Ana Moya-Beltrán, P. Galleguillos +7 more
2017Standards in Genomic Sciences21 citations Open access
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Biomarkers and Metabolic Patterns in the Sediments of Evolving Glacial Lakes as a Proxy for Planetary Lake Exploration
V. Parro, Y. Blanco, F. Puente-Sánchez, Luis A. Rivas +5 more
2016Astrobiology21 citations
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A thiotrophic microbial community in an acidic brine lake in Northern Chile
L. Escudero, N. Oetiker, Karem Gallardo, C. Tebes-Cayo +6 more
2018Antonie van Leeuwenhoek20 citations
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Analysis of Gene Expression in Response to Copper Stress in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans Strain D2, Isolated from a Copper Bioleaching Operation
Camila N. Salazar, Mauricio López Acosta, P. Galleguillos, Amir Shmaryahu +3 more
201320 citations Open access
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Hyperarid soil microbial community response to simulated rainfall
C. Demergasso, J. Neilson, C. Tebes-Cayo, Roberto Véliz +5 more
2023Frontiers in Microbiology19 citations Open access
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Bioleaching of copper secondary sulfide ore in the presence of chloride by means of inoculation with chloride-tolerant microbial culture
Carol S. Davis-Belmar, Dina Cautivo, C. Demergasso, G. Rautenbach
201419 citations
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The borate deposits in Chile.
G. Chong, J. Pueyo, C. Demergasso
201019 citations
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Orbit-to-ground framework to decode and predict biosignature patterns in terrestrial analogues
K. Warren-Rhodes, N. Cabrol, M. Phillips, C. Tebes-Cayo +21 more
2023Nature Astronomy18 citations Open access
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Microbiology and Nitrogen Cycle in the Benthic Sediments of a Glacial Oligotrophic Deep Andean Lake as Analog of Ancient Martian Lake-Beds
V. Parro, F. Puente-Sánchez, N. Cabrol, I. Gallardo-Carreño +13 more
2019Frontiers in Microbiology18 citations Open access
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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?
C. Demergasso
200915 citations
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Watershed-Induced Limnological and Microbial Status in Two Oligotrophic Andean Lakes Exposed to the Same Climatic Scenario
A. Echeverría-Vega, G. Chong, Antonio E. Serrano, Mariela Guajardo +9 more
2018Frontiers in Microbiology14 citations Open access
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Copper resistance, motility and the mineral dissolution behavior were assessed as novel factors involved in bacterial adhesion in bioleaching
A. Echeverría-Vega, C. Demergasso
201514 citations
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Time-Integrative Multibiomarker Detection in Triassic–Jurassic Rocks from the Atacama Desert: Relevance to the Search for Basic Life Beyond Earth
L. Sánchez-García, D. Carrizo, María Ángeles Lezcano, M. Moreno-Paz +6 more
2021Astrobiology13 citations Open access
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Temporal Dynamics of Genes Involved in Metabolic Pathways of C and N of L. ferriphilum, in the Industrial Bioleaching Process of Escondida Mine, Chile
P. Galleguillos, Višnja Musič, Mauricio Acosta, Camila N. Salazar +7 more
201313 citations Open access
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Geochemistry and Microbiology in an Acidic, High Altitude (4,000 m) Salt Flat — High Andes, Northern Chile
L. Escudero, J. Bijman, G. Chong, J. Pueyo +1 more
201313 citations Open access
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Physical, chemical, and microbial feedbacks controlling brine geochemistry and lake morphology in polyextreme salar environments.
A. Oehlert, E. Suosaari, Tianshu Kong, A. Piggot +5 more
2022Science of the Total Environment12 citations
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Surface Morphologies in a Mars-Analog Ca-Sulfate Salar, High Andes, Northern Chile
N. Hinman, M. Hofmann, K. Warren-Rhodes, M. Phillips +18 more
2022Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences12 citations Open access
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From Laboratory towards Industrial Operation: Biomarkers for Acidophilic Metabolic Activity in Bioleaching Systems
Sabrina Marín, Mayra Cortes, Mauricio Acosta, K. Delgado +3 more
2021Genes12 citations Open access
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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
Víctor J. Zepeda, F. Galleguillos, Viviana N. Urtuvia, J. Molina +1 more
200912 citations Open access
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