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E. Imre Friedmann
Researcher at Florida State University
Publications - 30
Citations - 2903
E. Imre Friedmann is an academic researcher from Florida State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Avrainvillea & Desert climate. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 30 publications receiving 2753 citations. Previous affiliations of E. Imre Friedmann include Florida A&M University.
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Endolithic Microorganisms in the Antarctic Cold Desert
TL;DR: In the frigid desert of the Antarctic dry valleys there are no visible life forms on the surface of the soil or rocks, yet in certain rock types a narrow subsurface zone has a favorable microclimate and is colonized by microorganisms.
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Temperature and moisture conditions for life in the extreme arid region of the Atacama desert: four years of observations including the El Nino of 1997-1998
Christopher P. McKay,E. Imre Friedmann,Benito Gómez-Silva,Luis Cáceres-Villanueva,Dale T. Andersen,R. Landheim +5 more
TL;DR: The paucity of liquid water under stones is consistent with the apparent absence of hypolithic (under-stone) cyanobacteria, the only known primary producers in such extreme deserts.
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Endolithic Blue-Green Algae in the Dry Valleys: Primary Producers in the Antarctic Desert Ecosystem
E. Imre Friedmann,Roseli Ocampo +1 more
TL;DR: This report of primary producers in the Antarctic desert ecosystem suggests that, in future efforts to detect life in extraterrestrial environments, scientists should consider the possible existence of endolithic life forms.
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Microbial Diversity of Cryptoendolithic Communities from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
TL;DR: The microbial biodiversity of selected cryptoendolithic communities is surveyed by analyzing clone libraries of rRNA genes amplified from environmental DNA in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica.
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Endolithic microbial life in hot and cold deserts
TL;DR: Conditions in hot deserts impose a more severe environmental stress on the organisms than in the cold Antarctic desert, reflected in the composition of the microbial flora which in hot desert rocks consist entirely of prokaryotic microorganisms, while under cold desert conditions eukaryotes predominate.