Solar salterns and pollution: valorization of some endemic species as sentinels in ecotoxicology

W Guermazi, N Annabi-Trabelsi, G Belmonte… - Toxics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Solar salterns and salt marshes are unique ecosystems with special physicochemical
features and characteristic biota. Currently, there are very few studies focused on the …

Comparison of prokaryotic community structure from Mediterranean and Atlantic saltern concentrator ponds by a metagenomic approach

AB Fernández, B Vera-Gargallo… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
We analyzed the prokaryotic community structure of a saltern pond with 21% total salts
located in Isla Cristina, Huelva, Southwest Spain, close to the Atlantic ocean coast. For this …

From metagenomics to pure culture: isolation and characterization of the moderately halophilic bacterium Spiribacter salinus gen. nov., sp. nov

MJ León, AB Fernández, R Ghai… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Recent metagenomic studies on saltern ponds with intermediate salinities have determined
that their microbial communities are dominated by both Euryarchaeota and halophilic …

Comparative analysis of prokaryotic diversity in solar salterns in eastern Anatolia (Turkey)

S Çınar, MB Mutlu - Extremophiles, 2016 - Springer
The prokaryotic communities of four salterns (Bingöl, Fadlum, Kemah, and Tuzlagözü) in
Turkey were examined and compared using the cultivation and cultivation-independent …

Genomic-based phylogenetic and metabolic analyses of the genus Natronomonas, and description of Natronomonas aquatica sp. nov.

A García-Roldán, A Durán-Viseras… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The genus Natronomonas is classified on the family Haloarculaceae, within the class
Halobacteria and currently includes six species isolated from salterns, saline or soda lakes …

Integrating genomic evidence for an updated taxonomy of the bacterial genus Spiribacter

MJ León, B Vera-Gargallo, RR de la Haba… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The genus Spiribacter encompasses halophilic bacteria widely distributed in hypersaline
environments worldwide. Despite their ecological significance, initially isolating Spiribacter …

Adaptations of endolithic communities to abrupt environmental changes in a hyper-arid desert

CA Perez-Fernandez, P Wilburn, A Davila… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The adaptation mechanisms of microbial communities to natural perturbations remain
unexplored, particularly in extreme environments. The extremophilic communities of halite …

Diversity of prokaryotes in planktonic communities of saline Sol-Iletsk lakes (Orenburg Oblast, Russia)

EA Selivanova, DV Poshvina, YA Khlopko… - Microbiology, 2018 - Springer
Prokaryotic diversity was studied in the planktonic communities of six Sol-Iletsk lakes
(Orenburg oblast, Russia) varying in salinity level using the Illumina technology of high …

Sucrose metabolism in haloarchaea: reassessment using genomics, proteomics, and metagenomics

TJ Williams, MA Allen, Y Liao, MJ Raftery… - Applied and …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
The canonical pathway for sucrose metabolism in haloarchaea utilizes a modified Embden-
Meyerhof-Parnas pathway (EMP), in which ketohexokinase and 1-phosphofructokinase …

[HTML][HTML] 'Altruistic'cooperation among the prokaryotic community of Atlantic salterns assessed by metagenomics

A García-Roldán, RR de la Haba… - Microbiological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hypersaline environments are extreme habitats with a limited prokaryotic diversity, mainly
restricted to halophilic or halotolerant archaeal and bacterial taxa adapted to highly saline …