Overview

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 hypersaline environments such as salterns, soda lakes, and the Dead Sea or salt sediments. Reviews of their biodiversity, phylogeny, and genetics are given as well as of the diverse adaptation strategies of salt-tolerant or salt-requiring microorganisms. Microorganisms that have adapted to moderate salt concentrations or to habitats with drastic fluctuations are also treated in addition to the extreme halophiles. Their physiological, biochemical and molecular mechanisms developed in response to salinity and high osmotic pressure as well as current and future biotechnological applications are presented.

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Author:   Antonio Ventosa
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   2004 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.804kg
ISBN:  

9783540009269

ISBN 10:   3540009264
Pages:   350
Publication Date:   22 September 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introductory Chapter: Half a Lifetime in Soda Lakes.- 1 Trophic Ecology of Solar Salterns.- 2 Microbial Molecular and Physiological Diversity in Hypersaline Environments.- 3 Red, Extremely Halophilic, but not Archaeal: The Physiology and Ecology of Salinibacter ruber, a Bacterium Isolated from Saltern Crystallizer Ponds.- 4 The Potential Use of Signature Bases from 16S rRNA Gene Sequences to Aid the Assignment of Microbial Strains to Genera of Halobacteria.- 5 From Intraterrestrials to Extraterrestrials — Viable Haloarchaea in Ancient Salt Deposits.- 6 Fungi in the Salterns.- 7 Physiological and Molecular Responses of Bacillus subtilis to Hypertonicity: Utilization of Evolutionarily Conserved Adaptation Strategies.- 8 Genetics of Osmoadaptation by Accumulation of Compatible Solutes in the Moderate Halophile Chromohalobacter salexigens: Its Potential in Agriculture Under Osmotic Stress Conditions.- 9 Osmoregulated Solute Transport in Halophilic Bacteria.- 10 Molecular and Functional Adaptations Underlying the Exceptional Salt Tolerance of the Alga Dunaliella salina.- 11 Multienzyme Complexes in the Archaea: Predictions from Genome Sequences.- 12 Nitrate Assimilation in Halophilic Archaea.- 13 The Archaeal Cardiolipins of the Extreme Halophiles.- 14 Understanding Archaeal Protein Translocation: Haloferax volcanii as a Model System.- 15 Gas Vesicle Genes in Halophilic Archaea and Bacteria.- 16 Extremely Halophilic Archaea: Insights into Their Response to Environmental Conditions.- 17 Genome Sequences of the Head-Tail Haloviruses HF1 and HF2.- 18 Reporter Gene Systems for Halophilic Microorganisms.- 19 Industrial Enzymes: Do Halophiles and Alkaliphiles Have a Role to Play?.- 20 Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes Produced by Moderately Halophilic Bacteria.- 21 ModeratelyHalophilic, Exopolysaccharide-Producing Bacteria.- 22 Biotransformation of Toxic Organic and Inorganic Contaminants by Halophilic Bacteria.- Epilogue: Cum Grano Salis — Salt in the History and Life of Mankind. An Overview with Emphasis on Europe.

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From the reviews: The origin of this book is an international meeting held on halophilic microorganisms, organized in Seville, Spain, in 2001. In 22 chapters contributed by more than 100 authors, each a specialist in his field, numerous facets of the biology of these extremophilic organisms ! are dealt with ! . this book is a must for every researcher motivated by studies on these halophilic organisms. (Klaus Hausmann, European Journal of Protistology, Vol. 41 (1), 2005)

From the reviews: <p> The origin of this book is an international meeting held on halophilic microorganisms, organized in Seville, Spain, in 2001. In 22 chapters contributed by more than 100 authors, each a specialist in his field, numerous facets of the biology of these extremophilic organisms a ] are dealt with a ] . this book is a must for every researcher motivated by studies on these halophilic organisms. (Klaus Hausmann, European Journal of Protistology, Vol. 41 (1), 2005)

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