Haloarchaea are unique microorganism's resistant to environmental and osmotic stresses
and thrive in their habitats despite extreme fluctuating salinities. In the present study …

Here we present the first report on the taxonomic diversity of the microbial communities of
the saline desert of the Great Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India, using a metagenomic approach …

Lesser Flamingo, the flagship species of saline wetlands of Africa and India, is a specialised
feeder subsisting on microscopic cyanobacteria and algae. To establish the relationship …

Abstract The Kachchh Basin is a peri-cratonic rift basin in western India, exposing a vast
range of diverse geologic features representing the past 200 million years spanning from the …

This report describes cultivation-dependent diversity, phylogeny and enzymatic potential of
the haloalkaliphilic bacteria isolated from the unvegetated desert soil of yet unexplored …

Halophytes growing in natural saline desert environment survive high levels of salinity
adopting suitable mechanisms. Scientific information on such survival mechanisms can be …

Halophilic microorganisms are salt-loving microorganisms while halotolerant
microorganisms grow both at high concentration of salt and without salt. Halophilic …

The research efforts in microbiology over last two decades have focussed on assessing the
microbial diversity in various soil types and crop** systems in all agro-eco-regions …

India has the coastline of 7516 kilometers, out of this Gujarat state contributes about 21%(~
1600 kilometers) of the coastline (Venkatraman, 2008; Parikh et al., 2012). The coastal …

Study of saline ecosystems often contributes to our perception of extreme environments and
diverse functional genes accountable for the biogeochemical cycle of the elements. In this …