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xi, 576 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
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Cellular origin, life in extreme habitats and astrobiology ; v. 9 |
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Cellular origin and life in extreme habitats and astrobiology ; v. 9
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Section iL The environments and their diversity 7 -- Microbial diversity of Great Salt Lake -- Bonnie K. Baxter, Carol D. Litchfield, Kevin Sowers, -- Jack D. Griffith. Priya Arora DasSarma and Shiladitya DasSarma 9 -- Microbial communities in the Dead Sea - past, present and future -- Aharon Oren, ittai Gavrieli, Jonah Gavrieli, Marco Kohen, -- Joseph Lati and Mordehay Aharoni 27 -- Microscopic examination of microbial communities along a salinity -- gradient in saltern evaporation ponds: a 'halophilic safari' -- Aharon Oren 41 -- The microbial diversity of a solar saltern on San Francisco Bay -- Carol D. Litchield, Masourneh Sikaroodi and Patrick M. Gillivet 59 -- Diversity of microbial communities: the case of solar salterns -- Carlos Pedr6s-Ali 71 -- Isolation of viable haloarchaea from ancient salt deposits and application -- of fluorescent stains for in situ detection of halophiles in hypersaline -- environmental samples and model fluid inclusions -- Stefan Leuko, Andrea Legat, Sergiu Fendrihan. Heidi Wieland, -- Christian Radax, Claudia Gruber, Marion Pfaffenhuemer. -- Gerhard Weidler and Helga Stan-Lotter 91 -- Hydrocarbon degradation under hypersaline conditions. Some facts, -- some experiments and many open questions -- Heiko Patzelt 105 -- The relevance of halophiles and other extremophiles to Martian and -- extraterrestrial environments -- Joseph Seckbach 123 -- Halophiles: a terrestrial analog for life in brines on Mars - Halophiles -- on Mars -- Rocco L. Mancinelli 137 -- Section IL Archaea 149 -- Comparative genomic survey of information transfer systems in two -- diverse extremely halophilic Archaea, Halobacterium sp. strain NRC-1 -- and faloaarcurul marismortin -- Brian R. Berquist, Jeetendra Soneja and Shiladitya DasSarma 151 -- Walsby's square archaeon; it's hip to be square but even more hip to -- be culturable -- Henk Bolhuis 185 -- Gene regulation and the initiation of translation in halophilic Archaea -- Felicitas Pfeifer, Peter Zimmermann, Sandra Scheuch and -- Simone Sartorius-Neef 201 -- Protein translation, targeting and translocation in Haloferax volcanii -- Jerry' ichler. Gabriela Ring, Vered Irihimovitch, Tovit Lichi, -- Tril Tozik and Zvia Konrad 217 -- Enzymes of halophilic Archaea. Recent findings on ureases and -- nucleoside diphosphate kinases -- Toru Mizuki, Ron Usami, Masayuki Kano, Masaru Tanokura -- and Masahiro Kamekura 227 -- Osmoadaptation in methanogenic Archaea: recent insights from a -- genomic perspective -- Katharina Pfluger, Heidi Wieland and Volker Muller 239 -- Section II.L Bacteria 253 -- Salinibacter ruber: genomics and biogeography -- Josefa Anton, Arantxa Pefia, Maria Valens, Fernando Santos, -- Frank-Oliver Gl6ckner, Margarete Bauer, Joaquin Dopazo, -- Javier Herrero, Ramon Rosselld-Mora and Rudolf Amann 255 -- What we can deduce about metabolism in the moderate halophile -- Chromohalobacter salexigens from its genomic sequence -- Laszlo N. Csonka, Kathleen O'Connor, Frank Larimer, -- Paul Richardson, Alla Lapidus, Adam D. Ewing, -- Bradley W. Goodner and Aharon Oren 267 -- K transport and its role for osmoregulation in a halophilic member -- of the Bacteria domain: characterization of the K- uptake systems -- from Halomonas elongata -- Hans-JTrg Kunte 287 -- The chloride regulon of Ialobacillus halophilus: a novel regulatory -- network for salt perception and signal transduction in bacteria -- Volker Miller and Stephan H. Saum 301 -- Biosynthesis of the compatible solute mannosylglycerate from -- hyperthermophiles to mesophiles. Genes, enzymes and evolutionary -- perspectives -- Milton S. da Costa and Nuno Empadinhas 311 -- Genes and enzymes of ectoine biosynthesis in the haloalkaliphilic -- obligate methanotroph "Methylomicrobium alcaliphilum 20Z" -- Alexander S. Reshetnikov, Valentina N. Khmelenina, -- Idar L. Mustakhimov, Yana V. Rvzhmanova and -- Yuri A. Trotsenko 327 -- Halophilic .Archaea and Bacteria as a source of extracellular hydrolytic -- enzymes -- Antonio Ventosa, Cristina Sanchez-Porro, Sara Martin and -- Encarnacidn Mellado 337 -- Biopolyester production: halophiic microorganisms as an attractive source -- Jorge Quillaguamrinn, Bo Mattiasson and Rajni Hatti-Kaul 355 -- Section IV. Fungi 369 -- Relation of halotolerance to human pathogenicity in the fungal tree -- of life: an overview of ecology and evolution under stress -- GC Sybren de loog, Polona Zalar, Bert Gerrits van den Ende -- and Nina Gunde-Cimerman 371 -- Halotolerant and halophilic fungi from coastal environments in the Arctics -- Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Lorena Butinar, Silva Sonjak, Martina Turk, -- Viktor Urgil, Polona Zalar and Ana Plemenita' 397 -- Halotolerant and halophilic fungi and their extrolite production -- Jens C. Frisvad 425 -- Introducing Debaryomyces hansenii, a salt-loving yeast -- Jose Ramos 441 -- Cellular responses in the halophilic black yeast Hortaea werneckii to high -- environmental salinity -- Ana Plemenitai and Nina Gunde-Cimerman 453 -- Halotolerance and lichen symnbioses -- Martin Grube and Juliane Blaha 471 -- Section V. Algae 489 -- A century of Dinaiillia research: 1905-2005 -- Aharon Oren 491 -- Molecular determinants of protein halotolerance: structural and finctional -- studies of the extremely salt tolerant carbonic anhydrases from -- Dunaliella salina -- Lakshmane Premkumar, Michal Volkovitsky, Irena Gokhman, -- Joel L. Sussman and Ada Zamir 503 -- Section VL. Protozoa 517 -- Heterotrophic protozoa from hypersaline environments -- Gwen Hauer and Andrew Rogerson 519 -- Heterotrophic flagellates in hypersaline waters -- Byung C. Cho 541 -- Section VII. Viruses 551 -- Haloviruses and their hosts -- Mike L. Dyall-Smith, David G. Bums. Helen M. Camakaris, -- Peter H Janssen, Brendan E. Russ and Kate Porter 553 |
| Summary |
Salt is an essential requirement of life. Already from ancient times (e. g. , see the books of the Bible) its importance in human life has been known. For example, salt symbolizes destruction (as in Sodom and Gomorra), but on the other hand it has been an ingredient of every sacrifice during the Holy Temple periods. Microbial life in concentrated salt solutions has fascinated scientists since its discovery. Recently there have been several international meetings and books devoted entirely to halophiles. This book includes the proceedings of the “Halophiles 2004” conference held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, in September 2004 (www. u- lj. si/̃bfbhaloph/index. html). This meeting was attended by 120 participants from 25 countries. The editors have selected presentations given at the meeting for this volume, and have also invited a number of contributions from experts who had not been present in Ljubljana. This book complements “Halophilic Microorganisms”, edited by A. Ventosa and published by Springer-Verlag (2004), “Halophilic Microorganism and their Environments” by A. Oren (2002), published by Kluwer Academic Publishers as volume 5 of “Cellular Origins, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology” (COLE), and “Microbiology and Biogeochemistry of Hypersaline Environments” edited by A. Oren, and published by CRC Press, Boca Raton (1999). Salt-loving (halophilic) microorganisms grow in salt solutions above seawater salinity (̃3. 5% salt) up to saturation ranges (i. e. , around 35% salt). High concentrations of salt occur in natural environments (e. g |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Archaebacteria -- Effect of salt on.
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Bacteria -- Effect of salt on.
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Eukaryotic cells -- Effect of salt on.
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Extreme environments -- Microbiology.
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Halophilic microorganisms.
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Water Microbiology.
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Adaptation, Physiological.
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Bacteria.
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Halobacteriales.
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Sodium Chloride.
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Adaptation, Physiological.
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Bacteria.
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Halobacteriales.
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Sodium Chloride.
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Water Microbiology.
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| Author |
Gunde-Cimeron, Nina
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Oren, Aharon, 1952-
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Plemenitaš, Ana.
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| LC no. |
2007468802 |
| ISBN |
1402036329 |
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1402036337 (e-book) |
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9781402036330 (ebook) |
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