Halophiles and Hypersaline Environments : Current Research and Future Trends - Ventosa, Antonio; Oren, Aharon; Ma, Yanhe; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011)
Helge Larsen (1922-2005) and his contributions to the study of halophilic microorganisms -- The halophilic world of Lourens Baas Becking -- Taxonomy, phylogeny and biotechnological interest of the family Halomonadaceae -- The hypersaline lakes of Inner Mongolia - the MGAtech project -- From genomics to microevolution and ecology: the case of Salinibacter ruber -- Impact of lipidomics on the microbial world of hypersaline environments -- Molecular mechanisms of adaptations to high salt concentration in the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii -- Viruses from the hypersaline environment -- Haloviruses of Great Salt Lake: a model for understanding viral diversity -- Initiation and regulation of translation in halophilic Archaea -- Protein transport into and across haloarchaeal cytoplasmic membranes --  Salty and sweet - Protein glycosylation in Haloferax volcanii -- Effect of anoxic conditions and temperature on gas vesicle formation in Halobacterium salinarum -- Halophiles exposed concomitantly to multiple stressors: adaptive mechanisms of halophilic alkalithermophiles -- Cellular adjustments of Bacillus subtilis and other Bacilli to fluctuating salinities -- The nature and function of carotenoids in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilus -- Xanthorhodopsin -- Enzymatic biomass degradation by halophilic microorganisms -- Enzymes from halophilic Archaea: open questions -- A short history of the symposia on halophilic microorganisms: from Rehovot 1978 to Beijing 2010.
Keywords: Microbial ecology; Microbiology; Microbial genetics; Microbial genomics; Microbial Ecology; Microbiology; Microbial Genetics and Genomics; Applied Microbiology