hypolithic


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hy·po·lith·ic

 (hī′pə-lĭth′ĭk)
adj.
Being or inhabiting a largely lightless environment found beneath or on the lower surface of rocks: hypolithic algae.
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(2013) found evidence of random phylogenetic structure in desert hypolithic communities when cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria were analyzed separately, whereas species co-occurrence was nonrandom when bacterial groups were analyzed together.
Evidence of species recruitment and development of hot desert hypolithic communities.
Las condiciones del habitat determinan la estructura filogenetica de filos (phyla) bacterianos dominantes de comunidades de microbialitos de diferentes regiones en Mexico
Pointing, "Hypolithic microbial community of quartz pavement in the high-altitude tundra of central tibet," Microbial Ecology, vol.
Phylogenetic diversity of archaea and the archaeal ammonia monooxygenase gene in uranium mining-impacted locations in Bulgaria
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