Halophiles and Hypersaline Environments (eBook)

1. Helge Larsen (1922-2005) and his contributions to the study of halophilic microorganismsAharon Oren, Antonio Ventosa and Yanhe Ma 2. The halophilic world of Lourens Baas BeckingAharon Oren3. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biotechnological interest of the family HalomonadaceaeRafael R. de la Haba, Cristina Sánchez-Porro and Antonio Ventosa4. The hypersaline lakes of Inner Mongolia – the MGAtech projectWilliam D. Grant, Eulyn Pagaling, M. Carmen Márquez, M. Carmen Gutiérrez, Don A. Cowan, Yanhe Ma, Brian E. Jones, Antonio Ventosa and Shaun Heaphy5. From genomics to microevolution and ecology: the case of Salinibacter ruberArantxa Peña, Hanno Teeling, Jaime Huerta-Cepas, Fernando Santos, Inmaculada Meseguer, Marianna Lucio, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Joaquín Dopazo, Ramon Rosselló-Móra, Margarete Schüler, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Rudolf Amann, Toni Gabaldón and Josefa Antón6. Impact of lipidomics on the microbial world of hypersaline environmentsPatrizia Lopalco, Simona Lobasso, Maristella Baronio, Roberto Angelini and Angela Corcelli7. Molecular mechanisms of adaptations to high salt concentration in the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii Ana Plemenitaš and Nina Gunde-Cimerman8. Viruses from the hypersaline environmentElina Roine and Hanna M. Oksanen9. Haloviruses of Great Salt Lake: a model for understanding viral diversityBonnie K. Baxter, Mihnea R. Mangalea, Smaranda Willcox, Shereen Sabet, Miriam-Nirvana Nagoulat and Jack D. Griffith 10. Initiation and regulation of translation in halophilic ArchaeaJörg Soppa11. Protein transport into and across haloarchaeal cytoplasmic membranesKieran Dilks, Maria Ines Gimenez, Manuela Tripepi and Mecky Pohlschröder 12. Salty and sweet – Protein glycosylation in Haloferax volcaniiJerry Eichler, Doron Calo, Lina Kaminski, Lina Kandiba, Zvia Konrad, Hilla Magidovich, Shai Naparstek and Sophie Yurist-Doutsch13. Effect of anoxic conditions and temperature on gas vesicle formation in Halobacterium salinarumFelicitas Pfeifer, Regina Frommherz, Karin Faist, Torsten Hechler, Katharina Teufel and Larissa Marschaus14. Halophiles exposed concomitantly to multiple stressors: adaptive mechanisms of halophilic alkalithermophilesNoha M. Mesbah and Juergen Wiegel15. Cellular adjustments of Bacillus subtilis and other Bacilli to fluctuating salinities Marco Pittelkow and Erhard Bremer16. The nature and function of carotenoids in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilusSaskia Köcher and Volker Müller17. XanthorhodopsinJanos K. Lanyi and Sergei P. Balashov18. Enzymatic biomass degradation by halophilic microorganismsMatthew B. Begemann, Melanie R. Mormile, Varun G. Paul and Daniel J. Vidt 19. Enzymes from halophilic Archaea: open questionsMaría José Bonete and Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa20. A short history of the symposia on halophilic microorganisms: from Rehovot 1978 to Beijing 2010Aharon Oren