Living with salt: metabolic and phylogenetic diversity of archaea inhabiting saline ecosystems

AŞ Andrei, HL Banciu, A Oren - FEMS microbiology letters, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Archaea that live at high salt concentrations are a phylogenetically diverse group of
microorganisms. They include the heterotrophic haloarchaea (class Halobacteria) and some …

Genome sequence of Halobacterium species NRC-1

WV Ng, SP Kennedy, GG Mahairas… - Proceedings of the …, 2000 - National Acad Sciences
We report the complete sequence of an extreme halophile, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1,
harboring a dynamic 2,571,010-bp genome containing 91 insertion sequences representing …

Taxonomic and carbon metabolic diversification of Bathyarchaeia during its coevolution history with early Earth surface environment

J Hou, Y Wang, P Zhu, N Yang, L Liang, T Yu, M Niu… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Bathyarchaeia, as one of the most abundant microorganisms on Earth, play vital roles in the
global carbon cycle. However, our understanding of their origin, evolution, and ecological …

Proteomics of halophilic archaea

WA Joo, CW Kim - Journal of Chromatography B, 2005 - Elsevier
Halophilic archaea is a member of the Halobacteriacea family, the only family in the
Halobacteriales order. Most Halophilic archaea require 1.5 M NaCl both to grow and retain …

Molecular mechanisms of ethanol-induced pathogenesis revealed by RNA-sequencing

L Camarena, V Bruno, G Euskirchen, S Poggio… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Acinetobacter baumannii is a common pathogen whose recent resistance to drugs has
emerged as a major health problem. Ethanol has been found to increase the virulence of A …

[PDF][PDF] The order halobacteriales

A Oren - The prokaryotes, 2006 - academia.edu
Halophilic Archaea of the order Halobacteriales are found in hypersaline environments in
which salt concentrations exceed 150–200 g/liter. They inhabit salt lakes such as the Great …

Evolution of the enzymes of the citric acid cycle and the glyoxylate cycle of higher plants: a case study of endosymbiotic gene transfer

C Schnarrenberger, W Martin - European Journal of …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
The citric acid or tricarboxylic acid cycle is a central element of higher‐plant carbon
metabolism which provides, among other things, electrons for oxidative phosphorylation in …

α-Amylase activity from the halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei

F Pérez-Pomares, V Bautista, J Ferrer, C Pire… - Extremophiles, 2003 - Springer
The halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei is able to grow in a minimal medium
containing ammonium acetate as a carbon and nitrogen source. When this medium is …

A methylaspartate cycle in haloarchaea

M Khomyakova, Ö Bükmez, LK Thomas, TJ Erb… - Science, 2011 - science.org
Access to novel ecological niches often requires adaptation of metabolic pathways to cope
with new environments. For conversion to cellular building blocks, many substrates enter …

[HTML][HTML] Global Lrp regulator protein from Haloferax mediterranei: Transcriptional analysis and structural characterization

L Matarredona, MJ García-Bonete, J Guío… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Haloferax mediterranei, an extreme halophilic archaeon thriving in hypersaline
environments, has acquired significant attention in biotechnological and biochemical …