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Various groups of microorganisms - bacteria, archaea, algae and even fungi - have adapted to a life in a hypersaline environment. Halophilic Microorganisms explores the many-fold aspects of life under these extreme conditions. Several contributions analyze the microbial communities in different hype...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ventosa, Antonio, 1954-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2004]
Subjects:
Halophilic microorganisms.
Halobacteriales > physiology.
Adaptation, Physiological.
Halomonadaceae > physiology.
Sodium Chloride.
Halophiler Mikroorganismus.
Halobacteriales > Physiology.
Halomonadaceae > Physiology.
Sodium chloride.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword: Donn J. Kushner and His Contributions to the Study of Halophilism / Morris Kates
  • Introductory Chapter: Half a Lifetime in Soda Lakes / William D. Grant
  • 1. Trophic Ecology of Solar Salterns / Carlos Pedros-Alio
  • 2. Microbial Molecular and Physiological Diversity in Hypersaline Environments / Carol D. Litchfield
  • 3. Red, Extremely Halophilic, but not Archaeal: The Physiology and Ecology of Salinibacter ruber, a Bacterium Isolated from Saltern Crystallizer Ponds / Aharon Oren, Francisco Rodriguez-Valera, Josefa Anton, Susana Benlloch, Ramon Rossello-Mora, Rudolf Amann, Julie Coleman and Nicholas J. Russell