TY - BOOK AU - edited by Ventosa, Antonio TI - Halophilic microorganisms SN - 3540009264 U1 - 579 PY - 2004/// CY - New York PB - Springer KW - Halophilic microorganisms N1 - 1 Trophic Ecology of Solar Salterns 2 Microbial Molecular and Physiological Diversity in Hypersaline Environments 3 Red, Extremely Halophilic, but not Archaeal: The Physiology and Ecology of Salinibacter ruber, a Bacterium Isolated from Saltern Crystallizer Ponds 4 The Potential Use of Signature Bases from 16S rRNA Gene Sequences to Aid the Assignment of Microbial Strains to Genera of Halobacteria 5 From Intraterrestrials to Extraterrestrials -- Viable Haloarchaea in Ancient Salt Deposits 6 Fungi in the Salterns 7 Physiological and Molecular Responses of Bacillus subtilis to Hypertonicity: Utilization of Evolutionarily Conserved Adaptation Strategies 8 Genetics of Osmoadaptation by Accumulation of Compatible Solutes in the Moderate Halophile Chromohalobacter salexigens: Its Potential in Agriculture Under Osmotic Stress Conditions 9 Osmoregulated Solute Transport in Halophilic Bacteria 10 Molecular and Functional Adaptations Underlying the Exceptional Salt Tolerance of the AlgaDunaliella salina 11 Multienzyme Complexes in the Archaea: Predictions from Genome Sequences 12 Nitrate Assimilation in Halophilic Archaea 13 The Archaeal Cardiolipins of the Extreme Halophiles 14 Understanding Archaeal Protein Translocation: Haloferax volcanii as a Model System 15 Gas Vesicle Genes in Halophilic Archaea and Bacteria 16 Extremely Halophilic Archaea: Insights into Their Response to Environmental Conditions 17 Genome Sequences of the Head-Tail Haloviruses HF1 and HF2 18 Reporter Gene Systems for Halophilic Microorganisms 19 Industrial Enzymes: Do Halophiles and Alkaliphiles Have a Role to Play? 20 Extracellular Hydrolytic Enzymes Produced by Moderately Halophilic Bacteria 21 Moderately Halophilic, Exopolysaccharide-Producing Bacteria 22 Biotransformation of Toxic Organic and Inorganic Contaminants by Halophilic Bacteria ER -