Fluid inclusions in modern and ancient buried halite from Death Valley and Saline Valley,
California, USA, contain an ecosystem of “salt-loving”(halophilic) prokaryotes and …

A 90-m-long (100,000 year old) salt core from Death Valley, California, contains cells of the
algal genus Dunaliella co-trapped with prokaryote cells in fluid inclusions in halite. It is …

Long-term survival of microorganisms has been demonstrated by prokaryotes cultured from
ancient halite, but previous results are controversial. Three genera of non-spore-forming …

Cells of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which were genetically modified to
produce green fluorescent protein, were entrapped in fluid inclusions in laboratory-grown …

Primary fluid inclusions in halite crystallized in Saline Valley, California, in 1980, 2004–
2005, and 2007, contain rod-and coccoid-shaped microparticles the same size and …

Recent studies claiming to revive ancient microorganisms trapped in fluid inclusions in halite
have warranted an investigation of long-term microbial persistence. While starvation-survival …

Halophilic Archaea cultured from ancient fluid inclusions in a 90‐m‐long (0‐to 100 000‐year‐
old) salt core from Death Valley, California, demonstrate survival of bacterial cells in …

Fluid inclusions in evaporite minerals (halite, gypsum, etc.) potentially preserve genetic
records of microbial diversity and changing environmental conditions of Earth's hydrosphere …

Halite crystals were selected from a 186 m subsurface core taken from the Badwater salt
pan, Death Valley, California to ascertain if halophilic Archaea and their associated 16S …

Halite is one of the most extreme environments to support life. From the drought of the
Atacama Desert to salt deposits up to Permian in age and 2000 meters in burial depth, live …