Halophilic microorganisms and their environments /

作者：  by Aharon Oren.

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简介：Oren (life science, Hebrew U. of Jerusalem) examines organisms that inhabit indeed prefer environments with very high salt concentrations, even to total saturation. He recounts the history of observation and scientific study of them, the properties of the type as a whole and various groups of them, and several hypersaline environments and their biota. Among these habitats are Great Salt Lake in Utah, The Dead Sea, solar salterns, alkaline hypersaline lakes in Africa and Asia, Mono Lake in California and Big Soda Lake in Nevada, and miscellaneous habitats of halophilic microorganisms from Antarctic lakes to hydrothermal vents. He includes a guide for cultivating and handling halophilic and . Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)