Title Halophilic microorganisms and their environments / by Aharon Oren

Published Dordrecht ; London : Kluwer Academic, [2002] ©2002

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Description xxi, 575 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm Series Cellular origin and life in extreme habitats ; v. 5 Cellular origin and life in extreme habitats ; v. 5 Contents Machine derived contents note: SECTION 1. AN HISTORICAL SURVEY -- CHAPTER 1. HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS IN THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT -- AND IN CULTURE - AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. Red brines - early observations and explanations -- 1.2. The first records of the isolation of halophilic -- Archaea and Bacteria -- 1.3. Dunaliella and other halophilic algae -- 1.4. Ecological studies: the Great Salt Lake -- 1.5. Alkaline soda lakes -- 1.6. The Dead Sea -- 1.7. The study ofbiogeochemical processes in hypersaline -- environments -- 1.8. The beginning of the modem era of halophile research -- 1.9. References -- -- SECTION 2. HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS AND THEIR PROPERTIES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2. TAXONOMY OF HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS: ARCHAEA, -- BACTERIA AND EUCARYA -- 2.1. The place of halophiles within the microbial world -- 2.2. The halophilic Archaea -- 2.3. The halophilic and halotolerant Bacteria -- 2.4. The halophilic and halotolerant Eucarya -- 2.5. References -- -- -- -- CHAPTER 3. THE CELLULAR STRUCTURE OF HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS -- 3.1. Cellular structures of halophilic Archaea -- 3.2. Cellular structures of halophilic Bacteria -- 3.3. Cellular structrues of halophilic Eucarya -- 3.4. References -- CHAPTER 4. CELLULAR METABOLISM AND PHYSIOLOGY OF HALOPHILIC -- MICROORGANISMS -- 4.1. Physiology of halophilic Archaea -- 4.2. Physiology of halophilic Bacteria -- 4.3. Physiology of halophilic Eucarya -- 4.4. Metabolic diversity among the halophiles: a -- bioenergetic approach -- 4.5. References -- CHAPTER 5. PIGMENTS OF HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS -- 5.1. Algal carotenoids -- 5.2. Pigments of oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthetic -- Bacteria -- 5.3. Carotenoids of aerobic heterotrophic Archaea and Bacteria -- 5.4. The retinal pigments: bacteriorhodopsin, halorhodopsin, -- and sensory rhodopsins -- 5.5. The photoactive yellow protein of Halorhodospira and other -- halophilic purple bacteria -- 5.6. References -- CHAPTER 6. INTRACELLULAR SALT CONCENTRATIONS AND ION METABOLISM -- IN HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Methods used to estimate intracellular ionic concentrations -- in halophilic microorganisms -- 6.3. Ion metabolism in the Halobacteriaceae -- 6.4. Ion metabolism in aerobic halophilic Bacteria -- 6.5. Ion metabolism in the Halanaerobiales -- 6.6. Ion metabolism in Dunaliella -- 6.7. References -- CHAPTER 7. PROPERTIES OF HALOPHILIC PROTEINS -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Halophilic behavior of enzymes from halophilic Archaea -- 7.3. Purification of halophilic proteins -- 7.4. Salt relationships of selected proteins from halophilic Archaea -- -- -- -- 7.5. Halophilic behavior of enzymes from the aerobic halophilic -- Bacteria -- 7.6. Halophilic behavior of enzymes from the anaerobic halophilic -- Bacteria -- 7.7. Halophilic behavior of enzymes from the halophilic Eucarya -- 7.8. References -- CHAPTER 8. ORGANIC COMPATIBLE SOLUTES -- 8.1. Organic osmotic solutes and their distribution -- 8.2. Compatible solutes in the domain Archaea -- 8.3. Compatible solutes in the domain Bacteria -- 8.4. Compatible solutes in the domain Eucarya -- 8.5. The mode of action of compatible solutes -- 8.6. References -- CHAPTER 9. HALOPHILIC BACTERIOPHAGES AND HALOCINS -- 9.1. Bacteriophages of halophilic microorganisms -- 9.2. Halocins -- 9.3. References -- CHAPTER 10. GENETICS AND GENOMICS OF HALOPHILIC.ARCHAEA AND BACTERIA -- 10.1. Genetics of halophilic microorganisms - an historical survey -- 10.2. Genetics of halophilic Archaea -- 10.3. Genetics of halophilic Bacteria -- 10.4. References -- CHAPTER 11. BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS AND POTENTIALS OF -- HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Applications of halophlic Archaea -- 11.3. Applications of halophlic Bacteria -- 11.4. Applications of halophlic Eucarya -- 11.5. References -- -- SECTION 3. HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENTS AND THEIR BIOTA -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 12. GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH -- 12.1. The lake and its setting -- 12.2. The microbial communities of the Great Salt Lake -- 12.3. Microbial isolates and their properties -- 12.4. Biogeochemical processes -- 12.5. References -- -- -- -- CHAPTER 13. THE DEAD SEA -- 13.1. The lake and its setting -- 13.2. Early studies on the biota of the Dead Sea -- 13.3. Dynamics of microbial blooms in the Dead Sea -- 13.4. Microbial isolates and their properties -- 13.5. Adaptations of the Dead Sea biota to the ionic composition -- of the lake -- 13.6. The nature of the species dominant in the archaeal blooms -- 13.7. Anaerobic processes in the Dead Sea sediments -- 13.8. Biology of the Dead Sea - expected future developments -- 13.9. References -- CHAPTER 14. SOLAR SALTERNS -- 14.1. The saltern environment and its biota -- 14.2. Benthic microbial mats in the evaporation ponds -- 14.3. Microbial isolates and their properties -- 14.4. Approaches toward the identification of the dominant -- Archaea in saltern crystallizer ponds -- 14.5. Salinibacter and other halophilic Bacteria in saltern ponds -- 14.6. The red pigments in salten crystallizer ponds -- 14.7. Dynamics of archaeal and bacterial communities in -- saltern ponds -- 14.8. The importance of the saltern biota in the production of -- solar salt -- 14.9. References -- CHAPTER 15. ALKALINE HYPERSALINE LAKES IN AFRICA AND ASIA -- 15.1. The Wadi Natrun lakes -- 15.2. Lake Magadi and other East-African soda lakes -- 15.3. Hypersaline soda lakes in Asia - chemical and biological -- characteristics -- 15.4. References -- CHAPTER 16. MONO LAKE, CALIFORNIA, AND BIG SODALAKE, NEVADA -- 16.1. Hypersaline lakes in the Great Basin of North America -- 16.2. Mono Lake, California -- 16.3. Big Soda Lake, Nevada -- 16.4. References -- -- -- -- CHAPTER 17. MISCELLANEOUS HABITATS OF HALOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS - -- FROM ANTARCTIC LAKES TO HYDROTHERMAL VENTS -- 17.1. Cold and hypersaline: Antarctic hypersaline lakes -- 17.2. Hot and llypersaline: Solar Lake (Sinai) and other -- warm brines -- 17.3. Seawater, deep sea brines and hydrothennal vents -- 17.4. Halophilic microorganisms in oil field brines -- 17.5. Halophiles in salt marshes, hypersaline lagoons and -- miscellaneous lakes -- 17.6. Hypersaline springs -- 17.7. Hypersaline soils -- 17.8. Wall paintings -- 17.9. Desert plants and animals -- 17.10. References -- -- SECTION 4. EPILOGUE -- CHAPTER 18. EPILOGUE: EVOLUTION OF HALOPHILES AND SURVIVAL -- OF HALOPHILES ON EARTH AND IN SPACE -- 18.1. The evolutionary origin of halophiles -- 18.2. Long-term survival of halophiles in ancient salt crystals -- 18.3. Halophiles in space? -- 18.4. References -- -- SECTION 5. SUPPLEMENT -- METHODS FOR CULTIVATION AND HANDLING OF HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA AND -- BACTERIA Summary "The volume is intended for researchers and students interested in microbial physiology, microbial ecology, environmental sciences, and extremophilic biotechnology."--BOOK JACKET Notes Includes 14 contributions based on works presented at a workshop held in Halden, Norway, Sept. 3-4, 2001 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Nuclear power plants -- Control rooms -- Automatic control. Nuclear facilities -- Automatic control. Supervisory control systems. Artificial intelligence. Halophilic microorganisms. Adaptation, Physiological. Bacteria. Halobacteriales. Sodium Chloride. Water Microbiology. Author Ruan, Da. Fantoni, Paolo F., 1951- ebrary, Inc. LC no. 2002029692 ISBN 1402008295 :

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