Life at high salt concentrations is energetically expensive. The upper salt concentration limit
at which different dissimilatory processes occur in nature appears to be determined to a …

Genus assignment is fundamental in the characterization of microbes, yet there is currently
no unambiguous way to demarcate genera solely using standard genomic relatedness …

Thiomicrospira (Tms) species are small sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotrophic members of
the Gammaproteobacteria. Whilst the type species Tms. pelophila and closely related Tms …

In this study we characterized and sequenced the genome of Arcobacter anaerophilus strain
IR-1 isolated from enrichment cultures used in nitrate-amended corrosion experiments. A …

In order to explore the diversity of extreme halophiles able to produce different hydrolytic
enzymes (amylase, protease, lipase and DNAse) in hypersaline habitats of South Spain, a …

The last decade has seen an extraordinary growth of Geomicrobiology. Microorganisms
have been studied in numerous extreme environments on Earth, ranging from crystalline …

In September 2008, an expedition of the RV Urania was devoted to exploration of the
genomic richness of deep hypersaline anoxic lakes (DHALs) located in the Western part of …

Superficial research on flowback and produced (FP) water from shale gas wells limit the
targeted practice of corrosion protection and wastewater treatment. This study analyzes the …

Chemolithoautotrophic sulfur oxidizing bacteria (SOB) couple the oxidation of reduced sulfur
compounds to the production of biomass. Their role in the cycling of carbon, sulfur, oxygen …

Unexpectedly high culturable diversity of moderately and extremely halophilic obligately
chemolithoautotrophic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria (SOB) was discovered in the sediments of …