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Halophilic microorganisms from man-made and natural hypersaline environments: Physiology, ecology, and biotechnological potential

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Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes

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What are hypersaline environments? Geologists or geochemists define saline lakes sensu lato as bodies of water with salinity more than 3 g/l (0.3%), while those sensu stricto (hypersaline) are bodies of water that exceed the modest 35 g/l (3.5%) salt of oceans (Williams 1998). Many microbiologists use the term hypersaline to denote the well-known salt lakes, such as the Dead Sea and the Great Salt Lake or crystallizer ponds of solar salterns, environments almost saturated with salt.

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Enache, M., Popescu, G., Itoh, T., Kamekura, M. (2012). Halophilic microorganisms from man-made and natural hypersaline environments: Physiology, ecology, and biotechnological potential. In: Stan-Lotter, H., Fendrihan, S. (eds) Adaption of Microbial Life to Environmental Extremes. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99691-1_8

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