Hypersaline environments with salt concentrations up to NaCl saturation are inhabited by a
great diversity of microorganisms belonging to the three domains of life. They all must cope …

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are microbial polyesters produced by numerous prokaryotes.
These materials are generally considered to be renewable and biodegradable alternatives …

Highlights•Halophiles produce stable enzymes that are active under high salt
conditions.•Halophilic enzymes maintain solvation and solubility in low water …

Halophiles are found in all three domains of life. Within the Bacteria we know halophiles
within the phyla Cyanobacteria, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes, Actinobacteria, Spirochaetes …

The phylogenetic diversity of microorganisms living at high salt concentrations is surprising.
Halophiles are found in each of the three domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya. The …

In eukaryotes, the core promoter serves as a platform for the assembly of transcription
preinitiation complex (PIC) that includes TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIID, TFIIE, TFIIF, TFIIH, and RNA …

The metabolism of Archaea, the third domain of life, resembles in its complexity those of
Bacteria and lower Eukarya. However, this metabolic complexity in Archaea is accompanied …

Naturally occurring variation among wild relatives of cultivated crops is an under-exploited
resource in plant breeding. Here, I argue that exotic libraries, which consist of marker …

Leading experts from all over the world present an overview of the use of enzymes in
industry for:-the production of bulk products, such as glucose, or fructose-food processing …

A range of bacteria and archaea produce intracellular gas-filled proteinaceous structures
that function as flotation devices in order to maintain a suitable depth in the aqueous …