Advances in Understanding the Biology of Halophilic Microorganisms

1. Approaches Toward the Study of Halophilic Microorganisms in Their Natural Environments: Who Are They and What Are They Doing?
Aharon Oren

2. Media and Conditions for the Growth of Halophilic and Halotolerant Bacteria and Archaea
Mark A. Schneegurt

3. Taxonomy of Halophilic Archaea and Bacteria

Antonio Ventosa, M. Carmen Márquez, Cristina Sánchez-Porro, Rafael R. de la Haba

4. Halophilic Viruses
Shereen Sabet

5. Microorganisms in Evaporites: Review of Modern Geomicrobiology
Tim K. Lowenstein

6. Searching for Microbes and DNA in Ancient Halite
Russell H. Vreeland

7. DNA Replication and Repair in Halophiles
Adrienne Kish, Jocelyne DiRuggiero

8. Gene Transfer Mechanisms, Population Genetics/Genomics and the Evolution of Haloarchaea
R. Thane Papke, Scott Chimileski

9. Worth Your Salt: Halophiles in Education
Bonnie K Baxter, Jaimi K Butler, Betsy Kleba

10. Halophiles in the Public Media
Russell H. Vreeland

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Life Sciences, general, Microbiology, Microbial Ecology