Halophilic Microorganisms

Front Matter....Pages I-15
Introductory Chapter: Half a Lifetime in Soda Lakes....Pages 17-31
Trophic Ecology of Solar Salterns....Pages 33-48
Microbial Molecular and Physiological Diversity in Hypersaline Environments....Pages 49-61
Red, Extremely Halophilic, but not Archaeal: The Physiology and Ecology of Salinibacter ruber , a Bacterium Isolated from Saltern Crystallizer Ponds....Pages 63-76
The Potential Use of Signature Bases from 16S rRNA Gene Sequences To Aid the Assignment of Microbial Strains to Genera of Halobacteria....Pages 77-87
From Intraterrestrials to Extraterrestrials — Viable Haloarchaea in Ancient Salt Deposits....Pages 89-102
Fungi in Salterns....Pages 103-113
Physiological and Molecular Responses of Bacillus subtilis to Hypertonicity: Utilization of Evolutionarily Conserved Adaptation Strategies....Pages 115-134
Genetics of Osmoadaptation by Accumulation of Compatible Solutes in the Moderate Halophile Chromohalobacter salexigens : Its Potential in Agriculture Under Osmotic Stress Conditions....Pages 135-153
Osmoregulated Solute Transport in Halophilic Bacteria....Pages 155-164
Molecular and Functional Adaptations Underlying the Exceptional Salt Tolerance of the Alga Dunaliella salina ....Pages 165-176
Multienzyme Complexes in the Archaea: Predictions from Genome Sequences....Pages 177-191
Nitrate Assimilation in Halophilic Archaea....Pages 193-203
The Archaeal Cardiolipins of the Extreme Halophiles....Pages 205-214
Understanding Archaeal Protein Translocation: Haloferax volcanii as a Model System....Pages 215-228
Gas Vesicle Genes in Halophilic Archaea and Bacteria....Pages 229-241
Extremely Halophilic Archaea: Insights into Their Response to Environmental Conditions....Pages 243-253
Genome Sequences of the Head-Tail Haloviruses HF1 and HF2....Pages 255-262
Reporter Gene Systems for Halophilic Microorganisms....Pages 263-274
Industrial Enzymes: Do Halophiles and Alkaliphiles Have a Role to Play?....Pages 275-284
Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes Produced by Moderately Halophilic Bacteria....Pages 285-295
Moderately Halophilic, Exopolysaccharide-Producing Bacteria....Pages 297-314
Biotransformation of Toxic Organic and Inorganic Contaminants by Halophilic Bacteria....Pages 315-331
Epilogue Cum Grano Salis — Salt in the History and Life of Mankind. An Overview with Emphasis on Europe....Pages 333-342
Back Matter....Pages 343-350