Halophilic Microorganisms and their Environments

1. Front Matter

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2. An Historical Survey

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Halophilic Microorganisms in their Natural Environment and in Culture — an Historical Introduction

      Pages 3-16

3. Halophilic Microorganisms And Their Properties

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 19-19

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   2. Introduction

      Pages 21-22

   3. Taxonomy of Halophilic Microorganisms: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya

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   4. The Cellular Structure of Halophilic Microorganisms

      Pages 69-123

   5. Cellular Metabolism and Physiology of Hhalophilic Microorganisms

      Pages 125-171

   6. Pigments of Halophilic Microorganisms

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   7. Intracellular Salt Concentrations and Ion Metabolism in Halophilic Microorganisms

      Pages 207-231

   8. Properties of Halophilic Proteins

      Pages 233-278

   9. Organic Compatible Solutes

      Pages 279-305

   10. Halophilic Bacteriophages and Halocins

       Pages 307-321

   11. Genetics and Genomics of Halophilic Archaea and Bacteria

       Pages 323-355

   12. Biotechnological Applications and Potentials of Halophilic Microorganisms

       Pages 357-388

4. Hypersaline Environments and Their Biota

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 391-391

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   2. Introduction

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   3. Great Salt Lake, Utah

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   4. The Dead Sea

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   5. Solar Salterns

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"This water" he told me, "runs out to the eastern region, and flows into the Arabah; and when it comes into the sea, into the sea of foul waters [i. e. , the Dead Sea], the water will become wholesome. Every living creature that swarms will be able to live wherever this stream goes; the fish will be very abundant once these waters have reached there. It will be wholesome, and everything will live wherever this stream goes. Fishermen shall stand beside it all the way from En-gedi to En-eglaim; it shall be a place for drying nets; and the fish will be of various kinds [and] most plentiful, like the fish of the Great Sea. " Ezekiel’s prophecy (Ezekiel 47: 8-10) for revival and purification of the Dead Sea waters This new book on "Halophilic Microorganisms and their Environments" is the fifth volume in the COLE series (Cellular Origin and Life in Extreme Habitats (see: http://www. wkap. nl/prod/s/COLE). In the previous books we covered aspects of enigmatic microorganisms, microbial diversity, astrobiology, and symbiosis, so this book on halophilic microbes adds a fitting link to the rest of series' books. Since ancient times hypersaline habitats have been considered extreme environments, and some were thought not to sustain life at all. Yet, every organism requires salt for its existence. Salty places have been compared to an environment of extinction (e. g. , the Dead Sea).

• Archaea
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• metabolism
• microorganism
• protein
• proteins

• The Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

  Aharon Oren

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