PRJNA361000
Gloeocapsopsis sp. AAB1 = 1H9 Genome sequencing and assembly
Gloeocapsopsis sp. 1H9 represents the first cultivable and clonal cyanobacterium isolated from the Atacama Desert. This unicellular cyanobacterium is highly tolerant to desiccation and belongs to a phylogenetic clade of cyanobacteria scarcely studied. This cyanobacterium and its close evolutionary relatives like Chroococcidiopsis spp. dominate hypolithic communities in warm deserts.