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Microscopic Examination of Microbial Communities Along a Salinity Gradient in Saltern Evaporation Ponds: A ‘Halophilic Safari’

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Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

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  1. The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

    Aharon Oren

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  1. Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Nina Gunde-Cimerman

  2. The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    Aharon Oren

  3. Institute of Biochemistry, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Ana Plemenitaš

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Oren, A. (2005). Microscopic Examination of Microbial Communities Along a Salinity Gradient in Saltern Evaporation Ponds: A ‘Halophilic Safari’. In: Gunde-Cimerman, N., Oren, A., Plemenitaš, A. (eds) Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3633-7_4

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