Halophilic archaea push the limits of life at several extremes. In particular, they are noted for
their biochemical strategies in dealing with osmotic stress, low water activity and cycles of …

Over geologic time, the water in the Bonneville basin has risen and fallen, most dramatically
as freshwater Lake Bonneville lost enormous volume 15,000–13,000 years ago and …

Abstract Great Salt Lake, Utah, is thalassohaline, terminal lake that currently occupies the
Bonneville Basin, a depression in the larger Great Basin area of the western United States …

Water bodies on Mars and the icy moons of the outer solar system are now recognized as
likely being associated with high levels of salt. Therefore, the study of high salinity …

Tests on cyanobacteria communities embedded in cryptobiotic crusts collected in hot and
cold deserts on Earth were performed under Mars-like conditions. The simulations were …

Abstract Great Salt Lake (GSL), Utah, is a thalassohaline terminal lake that currently
occupies the Bonneville Basin, a depression in the larger Great Basin area of the western …

Halophilic archaea inhabit hypersaline ecosystems globally, and genetically similar strains
have been found in locales that are geographically isolated from one another. We sought to …

The isolated north arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah, is a unique and complex environment with
salinity at saturation, above 25% total salts. It is separated from the larger south arm, which …

Polygonal Archaea may be the closest extant organisms to LUCA (Last Universal Common
Ancestor). Their shapes are similar to those of shaped droplets, formed by slowly cooling …

Expansive evaporite mineral deposits and other geological features on Mars are evidence of
ancient lacustrine systems before the planet experienced global climatic change (~ 3.5 Gya) …