Heavy metals are dense chemicals with dual biological role as micronutrients and
intoxicants. A few hypersaline environmental systems are naturally enriched with heavy …

Salt-adapted fungi are well-known inhabitants of hypersaline environments such as saltern,
brine, estuary, salt lake, and marine environment, characterized by a high salt tolerance …

The effective degradation of hazardous contaminants remains an intractable challenge in
wastewater processing, especially for the high concentration of salty azo dye wastewater …

Among the extremophiles, halophiles constitute an interesting group of microorganisms as
producers of lipolytic enzymes with potential biotechnological interest since these …

Halophilic microorganisms were traditionally isolated from an aquatic environment. There
has been little research conducted into halophiles inhabiting the terrestrial environment in …

Tellurium (Te) is a rare metal and is used in various kinds of products, such as in additive
agents that improve the resistance and workability of alloys as well as in Cd-Te …

Extremophiles are fascinating microorganisms that possess a recent research history. Since
the late 1960s, when a strain of a thermophile was isolated from a hot spring, extremophiles …

Extremophiles are organisms that can survive in different extreme conditions, and fall into a
number of various classes including thermophiles, acidophiles, alkalophiles, psychrophiles …

Fungi are eukaryotic microorganisms that have simple multicellular or unicellular cell
structures. They are distributed in terrestrial soils, forests, aquatic habitats and in extreme …

Microbial metabolism has undergone billions of years of evolution, allowing microorganisms
to adapt to changing environmental conditions and exploit new energy sources. This …