Stromatolites or stromatoliths on Tebenquiche lagoon, Atacama Desert, Chile. The lagoon is hypersaline and has a high arsenic content.

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Keywords: arsenic, atacama, chile, cyanobacteria, desert, endorheic, environment, estromatolitos, extremophile, gypsum, hypersaline, lagoon, microbe, prokaryotic, salt, stromatolites, stromatoliths, tebenquiche