A halophile (from the Greek word for 'salt-loving') is an extremophile that thrives in high salt concentrations. In chemical terms, halophile refers to...
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halotolerance and is a portion of many words: Halobacteria Haloclasty Halophile Halophyte Halo (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles...
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Dunaliella salina is a type of halophile unicellular green algae especially found in hypersaline environments, such as salt lakes and salt evaporation...
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Sea salt evaporation pond at Walvis Bay. Halophile organisms giving a red colour....
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in height, most of the rest are cactus, with some mangroves and other halophile plants. Many plants are rainfall sensitive, with most trees and shrubs...
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macronutrients. Due to the high salinity of HLF moromi, only anaerobic halophiles can survive in the medium. Also, the 15–30 °C (59–86 °F) temperature range...
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Halomonas organivorans is a halophile able to degrade aromatic compounds. It's considered a potentially useful bacteria for decontamination of polluted...
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Halocline – Stratification of a body of water due to salinity differences Halophile – organism that thrives in high salt concentrations List of bodies of...
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increase to the point that salt-loving microorganisms begin to thrive. Such halophile organisms include some cyanobacteria that make their own food with photosynthesis...
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conditions, such as high temperatures (thermophiles) or high salinity (halophiles). Many archaea grow as plankton in the oceans. Symbiotic prokaryotes live...
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archaea are members of four main physiological groups. These are the halophiles, thermophiles, alkaliphiles, and acidophiles. These groups are not comprehensive...
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"Purification and characterization of aspartate aminotransferase from the halophile archaebacterium Haloferax mediterranei". The Biochemical Journal. 278...
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growth and reproduction in the presence of highly salted solutions, called halophile or "salt-lover", were tested for survival using salts commonly found on...
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Marinobacter daqiaonensis (category Halophiles)
Sun, X (December 2011). "Marinobacter daqiaonensis sp. nov., a moderate halophile isolated from a Yellow Sea salt pond". International Journal of Systematic...
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rod-shaped, Gram-positive, motile, spore-forming bacterium. A moderate halophile, this species was isolated in 2008 from water samples taken from a highly...
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limestone sea cliffs on the southern corners of Sazan are home to numerous halophile species such as lotus cytisoides and limonium anfractum. The forests of...
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temperatures. – Temperatures as high as 130 °C (266 °F), as low as −17 °C (1 °F) Halophiles such as Halobacterium salinarum (an archaean) thrive in high salt conditions...
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of an archaeon was performed in 1971, when the RNAP from the extreme halophile Halobacterium cutirubrum was isolated and purified. Crystal structures...
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halide, halieutic, halite, halochromic, halochromism, halogen, halomancy, halophile, halophyte, oxohalide, thermohaline hal-, -hel- breathe Latin halare,...
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would present difficulties for most lifeforms. On Earth, organisms called halophiles exist that thrive in extremely salty conditions, though not in dark, cold...
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Halocline – Stratification of a body of water due to salinity differences Halophile – organism that thrives in high salt concentrations Hypersaline lake –...
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proteins. Most animals and fungi are examples of chemoheterotrophs, as are halophiles. Iron-oxidizing bacteria are chemotrophic bacteria that derive energy...
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"Net Charges of the Ribosomal Proteins of the S10 and spc Clusters of Halophiles Are Inversely Related to the Degree of Halotolerance". Microbiol. Spectr...
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highly acidic conditions, but many archaea live in mild environments. Halophiles, organisms that thrive in highly salty environments, and hyperthermophiles...
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Salinirubellus salinus is an halophile archaeal species. It was first isolated from a marine solar saltern in Zhejiang Province in China. It is the only...
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Haloarchaea (category Halophiles)
distinguish them from halophilic bacteria. These microorganisms are among the halophile organisms, that require high salt concentrations to grow, with most species...
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similar to those known on Earth could not occur; too salty, only extreme halophiles could survive in that environment. In 2010, a model proposed by Richard...
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Kobayashi, T.; Kimura, B.; Fujii, T. (10 March 2000). "Strictly anaerobic halophiles isolated from canned Swedish fermented herrings (Surströmming)" (PDF)...
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lowering the pH and turning the plate yellow. The salt is to select for halophiles; organisms that cannot withstand a high salt content are unable to grow...
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Shiladitya DasSarma (section Halophiles)
widely known to have been instrumental in the foundation of the fields of halophile and extremophile research. In early work (1980's), he discovered mobile...
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