Halophiles and Hypersaline Environments: Current Research and Future Trends

By Antonio Ventosa

1. Helge Larsen (1922-2005) and his contributions to the study of halophilic microorganisms

Aharon Oren, Antonio Ventosa and Yanhe Ma

2. The halophilic world of Lourens Baas Becking

Aharon Oren

3. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biotechnological interest of the family Halomonadaceae

Rafael R. de la Haba, Cristina S?nchez-Porro and Antonio Ventosa

4. The hypersaline lakes of Inner Mongolia - the MGAtech project

William D. Grant, Eulyn Pagaling, M. Carmen M?rquez, M. Carmen Guti?rrez, Don A. Cowan, Yanhe Ma, Brian E. Jones, Antonio Ventosa and Shaun Heaphy

5. From genomics to microevolution and ecology: the case of Salinibacter ruber

Arantxa Pe?a, Hanno Teeling, Jaime Huerta-Cepas, Fernando Santos, Inmaculada Meseguer, Marianna Lucio, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Joaqu?n Dopazo, Ramon Rossell?-M?ra, Margarete Sch?ler, Frank Oliver Gl?ckner, Rudolf Amann, Toni Gabald?n and Josefa Ant?n

6. Impact of lipidomics on the microbial world of hypersaline environments

Patrizia Lopalco, Simona Lobasso, Maristella Baronio, Roberto Angelini and Angela Corcelli

7. Molecular mechanisms of adaptations to high salt concentration in the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii

Ana Plemenitas and Nina Gunde-Cimerman

8. Viruses from the hypersaline environment

Elina Roine and Hanna M. Oksanen

9. Haloviruses of Great Salt Lake: a model for understanding viral diversity

Bonnie K. Baxter, Mihnea R. Mangalea, Smaranda Willcox, Shereen Sabet, Miriam-Nirvana Nagoulat and Jack D. Griffith

10. Initiation and regulation of translation in halophilic Archaea

J?rg Soppa

11. Protein transport into and across haloarchaeal cytoplasmic membranes

Kieran Dilks, Maria Ines Gimenez, Manuela Tripepi and Mecky Pohlschr?der

12. Salty and sweet - Protein glycosylation in Haloferax volcanii

Jerry Eichler, Doron Calo, Lina Kaminski, Lina Kandiba, Zvia Konrad, Hilla Magidovich, Shai Naparstek and Sophie Yurist-Doutsch

13. Effect of anoxic conditions and temperature on gas vesicle formation in Halobacterium salinarum

Felicitas Pfeifer, Regina Frommherz, Karin Faist, Torsten Hechler, Katharina Teufel and Larissa Marschaus

14. Halophiles exposed concomitantly to multiple stressors: adaptive mechanisms of halophilic alkalithermophiles

Noha M. Mesbah and Juergen Wiegel

15. Cellular adjustments of Bacillus subtilis and other Bacilli to fluctuating salinities

Marco Pittelkow and Erhard Bremer

16. The nature and function of carotenoids in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilus

Saskia K?cher and Volker M?ller

17. Xanthorhodopsin

Janos K. Lanyi and Sergei P. Balashov

18. Enzymatic biomass degradation by halophilic microorganisms

Matthew B. Begemann, Melanie R. Mormile, Varun G. Paul and Daniel J. Vidt

19. Enzymes from halophilic Archaea: open questions

Mar?a Jos? Bonete and Rosa Mar?a Mart?nez-Espinosa

20. A short history of the symposia on halophilic microorganisms: from Rehovot 1978 to Beijing 2010

Aharon Oren

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642428711
• ISBN13: 9783642428715
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"