Advances in Understanding the Biology of Halophilic Microorganisms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vreeland, Russell H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Life sciences.; Microbial ecology.; Microbiology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Life Sciences, general.; Microbial Ecology.

Saline environments are one of the most plentiful and interesting types of habitats on Earth and are often considered as models for potential life on other planets or moons. The hypersaline playas, sabkhas, salterns, lakes, soils and even crystals often contain biomass that is far in excess of what...