halophile

Such halophile organisms include some cyanobacteria that make their own food with photosynthesis as plants do.

An example of a slight halophile is Erythrobacter flavus.

Haloferax volcanii is a species of halophile which exists in extreme saline environments.

Atypical of the genus, this species is a halophile, growing in soils with a known high concentration of salt.

The name "halophile" comes from Greek for "salt-loving".

Dunaliella salina is a type of halophile pink micro-algae found in sea salt fields.

Comparing a halophile genome to that of other prokaryotes should give insight into microbial adaptation to extreme conditions.

It is a salt-loving (halophile) organism requiring approximately 2% NaCl for growth.

The best-known species is the halophile Dunaliella salina Teodor.

Salinibacter ruber is an extreme halophile (salt-loving organism) that lives in concentrations of salt from 20 to 30%.

At least one strain of B. megaterium can be considered a halophile, as growth on up to 15% NaCl has been observed.

Many species have thick, succulent leaves, a characteristic seen in various plant genera that thrive in salty habitats (halophile plants).

Halophile (i.e., salt-loving) plants grow there and it is also noted for animals such as the pink flamingo and white stilt.

Whole proteome comparisons show the definite archaeal nature of this halophile with additional similarities to the Gram-positive Bacillus subtilis and other bacteria.

Most notably and of interest, LA31BT was found to be an obligate halophile, a trait not found among recognized Arcobacter species.

The region is characterized by tilled land and pastures, small pine woods and holm oak woods, with interspersed wasteland areas covered in halophile bushes.

Molecular analysis based on 16S rRNA sequences shows GFAJ-1 to be closely related to other moderate halophile ("salt-loving") bacteria of the family Halomonadaceae.

A member of the domain Archaea, it is both an extreme halophile and alkaliphile, thriving at an optimum saline concentration of 20% and optimum pH of 10.

The first analysis of the RNAP of an archaeon was performed in 1971, when the RNAP from the extreme halophile Halobacterium cutirubrum was isolated and purified.

This is evident from the occurrence of conserved ferredoxin-binding residues within the N. pharaonis NirA protein and ferredoxin dependence of nitrate and nitrite reductases in the halophile Haloferax mediterranei.

The lake gained widespread recognition in December 2002 when a research team, led by the University of Illinois at Chicago's Peter Doran, announced the discovery of 2,800 year old halophile microbes (primarily filamentous cyanobacteria) preserved in ice layer core samples drilled in 1996.

Although liquid water does not appear at the surface of Mars, a 2001 modeling study suggests that potential locations on Mars could include regions where thin films of salty liquid brine may form near the surface that may provide a potential location for terrestrial salt and cold-loving microorganisms (halophile psychrophilic).