Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gunde-Cimerman, Nina (Editor), Oren, Aharon (Editor), Plemenitaš, Ana (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, 9
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biochemistry.; Microbiology.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.

Salt is an essential requirement of life. Already from ancient times (e. g. , see the books of the Bible) its importance in human life has been known. For example, salt symbolizes destruction (as in Sodom and Gomorra), but on the other hand it has been an ingredient of every sacrifice during the Hol...