Novel insights into the diversity of halophilic microorganisms and their functioning in hypersaline ecosystems

A Oren - npj Biodiversity, 2024 - nature.com
Our understanding of the microbial diversity inhabiting hypersaline environments, here
defined as containing> 100–150 g/L salts, has greatly increased in the past five years …

The methods of digging for “Gold” within the salt: characterization of halophilic prokaryotes and identification of their valuable biological products using sequencing …

J Lach, P Jęcz, D Strapagiel, A Matera-Witkiewicz… - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Halophiles, the salt-loving organisms, have been investigated for at least a hundred years.
They are found in all three domains of life, namely Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya, and …

SALINITY-Induced changes in diversity, stability, and functional profiles of microbial communities in different Saline Lakes in Arid Areas

L Gao, MPN Rao, YH Liu, PD Wang, ZH Lian… - Microbial Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Saline lakes, characterized by high salinity and limited nutrient availability, provide an ideal
environment for studying extreme halophiles and their biogeochemical processes. The …

Viral community structure and potential functions in the dried-out aral sea basin change along a desiccation gradient

WA Wicaksono, D Egamberdieva, T Cernava, G Berg - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The dried-out Aral Sea basin represents an extreme environment due to a man-
made ecological disaster. Studies conducted in this unique environment revealed high …

Spatio-temporal variation of the bacterial communities along a salinity gradient within a thalassohaline environment (Saline di Tarquinia salterns, Italy)

S Gorrasi, A Franzetti, R Ambrosini, F Pittino… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The “Saline di Tarquinia” salterns have been scarcely investigated regarding their
microbiological aspects. This work studied the structure and composition of their bacterial …

Onshore soil microbes and endophytes respond differently to geochemical and mineralogical changes in the Aral Sea

H Jiang, J Huang, L Li, L Huang, M Manzoor… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is limited knowledge about how microbiome develops along the geochemical and
mineralogical change in onshore soils derived from continuous desiccation of lakes. In this …

Unveiling the microbial diversity across the northern Ninety East Ridge in the Indian Ocean

D Li, L Wang, F Jiang, X Zeng, Q Xu, X Zhang… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Prokaryotes play a crucial role in marine ecosystem health and drive biogeochemical
processes. The northern Ninety East Ridge (NER) of the Indian Ocean, a pivotal yet …

Function-based rhizosphere assembly along a gradient of desiccation in the former aral sea

WA Wicaksono, D Egamberdieva, C Berg, M Mora… - …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The desiccation of the Aral Sea represents one of the largest human-made environmental
regional disasters. The salt-and toxin-enriched dried-out basin provides a natural laboratory …

[HTML][HTML] Culturomics remains a highly valuable methodology to obtain rare microbial diversity with putative biotechnological potential from two Portuguese salterns

E Almeida, MF Carvalho, OM Lage - Frontiers in Bioscience-Elite, 2022 - imrpress.com
Background: The high salt concentration is the major factor limiting microbial growth at
salterns, along with solar radiation, temperature, and pH. These environmental factors play …

Extremophile bacterial and archaebacterial population: Metagenomics and novel enzyme reserve

J Majumdar, D Moulik, SC Santra, A Hossain - Microbial Symbionts and …, 2023 - Springer
Extreme environments, marine hydrothermal vents, hot springs, hypersaline conditions,
deep marine environments, extreme cold, extreme hot, extreme low or high pH conditions …