Airborne microorganisms are important parts of the Moutai-flavor Baijiu brewing microbial
community, which directly affects the quality of Baijiu. However, environmental factors …

Worldwide, plant growth and productivity are majorly affected by the extreme environment of
soil salinity, which is one of the major limiting factors. Numerous studies are increasing day …

Recent geological, hydrochemical, and mineralogical studies performed on hypersaline salt
flats have given insights into similar geo-morphologic features on Mars. These salt …

Halophilic bacteria are categorized based on their requirements to salt. They apply some
strategies in adaptation to the high saline environment. Their low nutritional requirements …

Hypersaline environments are widespread in all parts of the world. Iran is a country with
continental climate. Saline lakes and wetlands are found everywhere in Iran, and most of …

Survival in a given environment requires specific functions, so genomic variation is
anticipated within in individual taxonomic groups that exhibit a large diversity in lifestyles. In …

Two novel strains, designated YLB-02T and YLB-04T, were isolated from the deep-sea
sediments of Yap Trench located in the Pacific Ocean. Cells of the strains were Gram-stain …

Iron is part of many redox and other enzymes and, thus, it is essential for all living beings.
Many oxic environments have extremely low concentrations of free iron. Therefore, many …

A novel Gram-stain-positive, moderately halophilic bacterium, designated strain B6BT, was
isolated from the water of an Iranian hypersaline lake, Aran-Bidgol, and characterized …

A moderately halophilic bacterium was isolated from a brine sample of a hypersaline lake,
Aran-Bidgol, in Iran. The strain, designated J8BT, was Gram-stain-positive, endospore …