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General and Applied Aspects of Halophilic Microorganisms

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  • © 1991

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Editors:
  1. Francisco Rodriguez-Valera

    1. University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 201)

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Table of contents (47 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Taxonomy, Ecology and Phylogeny

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Halophily, Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Nomenclature

      • Hans G. Trüper, Jörg Severin, Axel Wohlfarth, Ewald Müller, Erwin A. Galinski
      Pages 3-7

    3. The Microbiota of Saline Lakes of the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica

      • P. D. Franzmann
      Pages 9-14

    4. Halophilic Organisms and the Environment

      • Alberto Ramos-Cormenzana
      Pages 15-24

    5. Estimation of the Contribution of Archaebacteria and Eubacteria to the Bacterial Biomass and Activity in Hypersaline Ecosystems: Novel Approaches

      • Aharon Oren
      Pages 25-31

    6. Some Primary and Secondary Metabolites of Hypersaline Microbial Mats and Associated Sediments

      • B. J. Javor, J. Porta
      Pages 33-43

    7. Taxonomy of New Species of Moderately Halophilic Eubacteria

      • Antonio Ventosa
      Pages 45-51

    8. Phenotypic Characterization of Halophilic Bacteria from Ground Water Sources in the United States

      • Russell H. Vreeland, J. H. Huval
      Pages 53-60

  3. Physiology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61
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    2. Halophiles of All Kinds:What are They Up to Now and Where do They Come From?

      • Donn J. Kushner
      Pages 63-71

    3. Mechanism of Chloride Transport in Halophilic Archaebacteria

      • Janos K. Lanyi
      Pages 73-80

    4. Processes of Adaptation of Different Cell-Lines of Dunaliella to Widely Differing Salt Concentrations

      • Margaret Ginzburg
      Pages 81-88

    5. Osmoregulation in Rhizobium Meliloti: Control of Glycine Betaine Biosynthesis and Catabolism

      • Daniel Le Rudulier, Jean-Alain Pocard
      Pages 89-96

    6. Is the Na+-Activated NADH-Quinone-Acceptor Oxidoreductase in Marine Bacteria and Moderate Halophiles a Primary Electrogenic Na+ Pump?

      • Robert A. MacLeod
      Pages 97-106

    7. Ionic Relations and Polyol Metabolism of Marine Fungi in Relation to Their Environment

      • D. H. Jennings
      Pages 107-113

    8. Salt Adaptation of Ectothiorhodospira

      • Johannes F. Imhoff, Toni Ditandy, Bernhard Thiemann
      Pages 115-120

    9. Lipoic Acid and Dihydrolipoamide Dehydrogenase in Halophilic Archaeobacteria

      • Michael J. Danson, David W. Hough, Nataraj Vettakkorumakankav, Kenneth J. Stevenson
      Pages 121-128

    10. Nitrate Reduction in the Extremely Halophilic Bacteria

      • Lawrence I. Hochstein
      Pages 129-137

    11. Retinal-Opsin-Dependent Detection of Short-Wavelength Ultraviolet Radiation (UV-B), and Endogenous Bias on Direction of Flagellar Rotation in Tethered Halobacterium Halobium Cells

      • Gottfried Wagner, Torsten Rothärmel, Bernhard Traulich
      Pages 139-147
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During recent years the subject of extreme environments and extremophiles has become a central topic in modern Biology. The capability of some microorganisms to withstand, and often prefer, the harsh conditions found in such environments is helping to define the physicho-chemicallimits of life and in consequence its essential nature. Halophiles are one of the most representative types of extremophiles, requiring high concentrations of inorganic salts, mostly sodium chloride, to grow and survive. They inhabit hypersaline environments, the distribution and abundance of which dur ing geological eras are attested by the vast amounts of evaporite rocks present in the Earth crust and by their role in the generation of petroleum deposits. The corditions of high osmolarity and ionic strength that are concomitant with concentrated salt solutions challenge the stability of lipid bilayers and the structure of proteins forcing halophilic microbes to develop specialized molecules and physiological me;;hanisms to cope with this environmental stress. Even so, halophilism is a widespread trait in the microbial world. All the major groups of eucaryotic microbes, two groups of archaeobacteria and most phylogenetic branches of eubacteria have halophilic representatives. Therefore, the study of halophilic microorganisms is indeed a highly heterogeneous and extense topic. The present volume contains the contributions to the FEMS-NATO Advanced Research Workshop on "General and Applied Aspects of Halophilic Microorganisms" held at Alicante, Spain, September 17-22, 1989.

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  • University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain

    Francisco Rodriguez-Valera

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