TABLE 1.
Identification of all selected isolates through 16S rRNA sequencing.
| Site | Strain | % Identity | % Query Cover | BLAST Hit |
| SH-H0 | SH0S2 | 95 | 99 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 |
| SH0S3 | 96 | 99 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 | |
| SH0S7 | 98 | 99 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 | |
| SH0S1 | 99 | 98 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 | |
| SH-H1 | SH1S4 | 98 | 95 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 |
| SH1S1 | 99 | 97 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 | |
| SH1S21 | 98 | 97 | Exiguobacterium sp. SH31 | |
| SH-H3 | SH3S1 | 99 | 98 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 |
| SH3S2 | 96 | 98 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 | |
| SH3S3 | 99 | 97 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 | |
| SH-H4 | SH4S7 | 98 | 98 | Exiguobacterium sp. SH31 |
| *SH31 | 99 | 99 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 | |
| SH-H5 | SH5S7 | 95 | 98 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 |
| SH5S13 | 96 | 99 | Exiguobacterium sp. SH31 | |
| SH5S32 | 98 | 98 | Exiguobacterium mexicanum HUD | |
| SH5S4 | 99 | 99 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 | |
| SH5S20 | 98 | 99 | Exiguobacterium sp. AC-CS-C2 | |
| GSL | SL-9 | 95 | 99 | Exiguobacterium sp. BAB-5887 |
| SL-10 | 95 | 98 | Exiguobacterium sp. BAB-5887 | |
| EI | IPBC4 | 98 | 98 | Exiguobacterium aurantiacum Q3-11 |
| IPCI3 | 96 | 98 | Exiguobacterium aurantiacum Q3-11 | |
| IPCH1 | 99 | 99 | Exiguobacterium aurantiacum 104NE | |
| IPBC7 | 95 | 99 | Exiguobacterium aurantiacum 104NE | |
| IPCG2 | 97 | 97 | Exiguobacterium aurantiacum Q3-11 |
SH, Salar de Huasco sites, Chile; GSL, Great Salt Lake; Salt Lake City – Utah, United States; EI, Easter Island, Motu Nui Islet, Chile. *Previously reported strain (Castro-Severyn et al., 2017).