Extreme marine environments have been the subject of many studies and scientific
publications. For many years, these environmental niches, which are characterized by high …

Microorganisms produce and accumulate compatible solutes aiming at protecting
themselves from environmental stresses. Among them, the wide spread in nature ectoines …

Highlights•Extremolytes protect extremophilic microbes from environmental stress.•They
enable multiple applications in cosmetics, food, and health industry.•Ectoine is the industrial …

We describe the microbiota of two hypersaline saltern ponds, one of intermediate salinity
(19%) and a NaCl saturated crystallizer pond (37%) using pyrosequencing. The analyses of …

The halophilic γ‐proteobacterium Halomonas elongata DSM 2581T thrives at high salinity
by synthesizing and accumulating the compatible solute ectoine. Ectoine levels are highly …

We have made a detailed phenotypic characterisation of the type strains of 21 species within
the genus Halomonas and have also studied any possible intraspecific variation of strains …

By using natural-abundance 13C-nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and high-
performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis we have investigated the types of …

The phylogenetic diversity of the bacterial and archaeal community in the water and
sediments of three large lakes of the Wadi An Natrun was investigated using 16S rRNA …

The halophilic bacterial strain Chromohalobacter sp. TVSP 101 was shown to produce
extracellular, halotolerant, alkali-stable and moderately thermophilic α-amylase activity. The …

Despite the potential of biogas from waste/wastewater treatment as a renewable energy
source, the presence of pollutants and the rapid decrease in the levelized cost of solar and …