Halophilic Microorganisms

Introductory Chapter: Half a Lifetime in Soda Lakes. - 1 Trophic Ecology of Solar Salterns. - 2 Microbial Molecular and Physiological Diversity in Hypersaline Environments. - 3 Red, Extremely Halophilic, but not Archaeal: The Physiology and Ecology of Salinibacter ruber, a Bacterium Isolated from Saltern Crystallizer Ponds. - 4 The Potential Use of Signature Bases from 16S rRNA Gene Sequences to Aid the Assignment of Microbial Strains to Genera of Halobacteria. - 5 From Intraterrestrials to Extraterrestrials Viable Haloarchaea in Ancient Salt Deposits. - 6 Fungi in the Salterns. - 7 Physiological and Molecular Responses of Bacillus subtilis to Hypertonicity: Utilization of Evolutionarily Conserved Adaptation Strategies. - 8 Genetics of Osmoadaptation by Accumulation of Compatible Solutes in the Moderate Halophile Chromohalobacter salexigens: Its Potential in Agriculture Under Osmotic Stress Conditions. - 9 Osmoregulated Solute Transport in Halophilic Bacteria. - 10 Molecular and Functional Adaptations Underlying the Exceptional Salt Tolerance of the Alga Dunaliella salina. - 11 Multienzyme Complexes in the Archaea: Predictions from Genome Sequences. - 12 Nitrate Assimilation in Halophilic Archaea. - 13 The Archaeal Cardiolipins of the Extreme Halophiles. - 14 Understanding Archaeal Protein Translocation: Haloferax volcanii as a Model System. - 15 Gas Vesicle Genes in Halophilic Archaea and Bacteria. - 16 Extremely Halophilic Archaea: Insights into Their Response to Environmental Conditions. - 17 Genome Sequences of the Head-Tail Haloviruses HF1 and HF2. - 18 Reporter Gene Systems for Halophilic Microorganisms. - 19 Industrial Enzymes: Do Halophiles and Alkaliphiles Have a Role to Play? . - 20 Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes Produced by Moderately Halophilic Bacteria. - 21 ModeratelyHalophilic, Exopolysaccharide-Producing Bacteria. - 22 Biotransformation of Toxic Organic and Inorganic Contaminants by Halophilic Bacteria. - Epilogue: Cum Grano Salis Salt in the History and Life of Mankind. An Overview with Emphasis on Europe.