Ebook: Hypersaline Environments: Microbiology and Biogeochemistry

Hypersaline environments are the principal habitats of petroleum deposition. They are also of intense evolutionary and ecological interest. This book presents a cross-disciplinary examination of the variety of halophilic microorganisms and their roles in modifying the ecology and geochemistry of hypersaline environments. The book also covers in detail the various inland and coastal habitats where halophilic microorganisms thrive. Geographically, hypersaline environments extend from the tropics to the poles, and from the terrestrial to the submarine. Organisms capable of living in such environments have faced unique evolutionary challenges.

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Hypersaline environments are the principal habitats of petroleum deposition. They are also of intense evolutionary and ecological interest. This book presents a cross-disciplinary examination of the variety of halophilic microorganisms and their roles in modifying the ecology and geochemistry of hypersaline environments. The book also covers in detail the various inland and coastal habitats where halophilic microorganisms thrive. Geographically, hypersaline environments extend from the tropics to the poles, and from the terrestrial to the submarine. Organisms capable of living in such environments have faced unique evolutionary challenges.

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Hypersaline environments are the principal habitats of petroleum deposition. They are also of intense evolutionary and ecological interest. This book presents a cross-disciplinary examination of the variety of halophilic microorganisms and their roles in modifying the ecology and geochemistry of hypersaline environments. The book also covers in detail the various inland and coastal habitats where halophilic microorganisms thrive. Geographically, hypersaline environments extend from the tropics to the poles, and from the terrestrial to the submarine. Organisms capable of living in such environments have faced unique evolutionary challenges.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Geology and Chemistry....Pages 5-25
Biology....Pages 26-41
The Effects of Dissolved Organic Carbon on Evaporite Minerals....Pages 42-52
The Fate of Carbon and Sulfur in Hypersaline Environments....Pages 53-76
Halophilic and Halotolerant Non-phototrophic Eubacteria....Pages 77-100
Halophilic Archaebacteria....Pages 101-124
Phototrophic Bacteria....Pages 125-133
Cyanobacteria....Pages 134-146
Protozoa....Pages 147-158
Yeasts and Fungi....Pages 159-162
Deep Sea Hypersaline Basins....Pages 163-175
Solar Salterns....Pages 176-188
Solar Lake....Pages 189-204
Gavish Sabkha and Other Hypersaline Marine Sabkhas, Pools, and Lagoons....Pages 205-221
Antarctic Lakes....Pages 222-235
Lake Eyre and Other Temperate Lakes....Pages 236-260
Great Salt Lake....Pages 261-269
Dead Sea....Pages 270-281
Back Matter....Pages 282-291
Hypersaline, Alkaline Lakes....Pages 313-328
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