This book is devoted to alkaliphiles, their microbiology, biotechnological applications and adaptive mechanisms. Alkaliphiles are extremophilic organisms that are adapted to thrive in alkaline environments. Over the years, a wide variety of alkaliphiles belonging to domain Bacte…
The Central Andean Altiplane represents a unique extreme environment due to its high altitude, closed basins that modulate the salt pans and saline wetlands surrounded by deserts, as well as the considerable influence of volcanic activity. UV radiation, arsenic content, high sal…
The Central Andean Altiplane represents a unique extreme environment due to its high altitude, closed basins that modulate the salt pans and saline wetlands surrounded by deserts, as well as the considerable influence of volcanic activity. UV radiation, arsenic content, high sal…
Halorhodospira halophila is an extremophilic photoautotrophic proteobacterium found in highly saline desert lakes. It is one of the most halophilic organisms known and provides a system to investigate adaptive mechanisms for survival of abiotic stress. This report describes geno…
Alkaliphilic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria are known to reside in permanently alkaline environments such as soda lakes. However, diversity of these unique organisms has only been studied in the last 30 years. In this dissertation project, culture-based and/or molecular method…
Vents and seeps are the epitome of life in extreme environments, but there is much more to these systems than just black smokers or hydrocarbon seeps. Many other ecosystems are characterized by moving fluids and this book provides an overview of the different habitats, their spe…
