Review of: "Microbial Mediation in Gypsum Dissolution and Its Role in Evaporitic System Transformation in Northern Chilean Salt Flats"

The manuscript entitled "Microbial Mediation in Gypsum Dissolution and Its Role in Evaporitic System Transformation in Northern Chilean Salt Flats" examines how microbial consortia in uence gypsum dissolution and secondary mineral formation under laboratory-simulated polyextreme conditions using brines and microbial mats from Andean salt ats.Results show that microbial activity can either enhance or inhibit gypsum dissolution and promotes diverse secondary mineral precipitation via extracellular polymeric substances, unlike abiotic controls.