Halophile - Wikipedia
WEBA halophile (from the Greek word for 'salt-loving') is an extremophile that thrives in high salt concentrations. In chemical terms, halophile refers to a Lewis acidic species that has some ability to extract halides from other chemical species.
Halophiles and Their Biomolecules: Recent Advances and Future ...
WEBDec 30, 2019 · Keywords: halophilic bacteria, archaea and fungi, biomolecules, biomedicine, antimicrobial compounds, anticancer compounds. 1. Halophilic Microorganisms. Halophiles are organisms represented by archaea, bacteria, and eukarya for which the main characteristic is their salinity requirement, halophilic “salt-loving”.
Halophile - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBOne definition of halophile is that of Oren [135], who defines them as microorganisms with optimal growth at NaCl concentrations over 0.2 M. Halotolerance ranges widely, from marine organisms that grow at about 3.5% (w/v) NaCl, to moderate halophiles growing at 3–15% NaCl, to moderately halophilic organisms found at over 10% w/v NaCl (1.7 M ...
Halophiles: biology, adaptation, and their role in ... - Springer
WEBJun 25, 2016 · World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology - The unique cellular enzymatic machinery of halophilic microbes allows them to thrive in extreme saline environments. That these microorganisms can...
Halophile - Definition and Examples - Biology Online Dictionary
WEBJul 21, 2021 · A halophile is an organism that lives in an environment that has a high salinity such as ocean and solid salt crystals. Halophiles are found thriving in habitats with a high concentration of salt, such as in the Great Salt …
HaloDom: a new database of halophiles across all life domains
WEBJan 15, 2018 · All three databases are restricted to information about halophilic Archaea and Bacteria, their number of entries is limited to an average of 18, and are irregularly updated. In this work, we report on a new halophiles database covering more than 1000 halophilic species and spanning all life domains.
Halophiles: biology, adaptation, and their role in ... - PubMed
WEBThis review highlights the various strategies adopted by halophiles to compensate for their saline surroundings and includes descriptions of recent studies that have used these microorganisms for bioremediation of environments contaminated by …
Halophiles - microbewiki - Kenyon College
WEBMay 6, 2016 · Halophilic extremophiles, or simply halophiles, are a group of microorganisms that can grow and often thrive in areas of high salt (NaCl) concentration. These hypersaline areas can range from the salinity equivalent to that of the ocean (~3-5%), up to ten times that, such as in the Dead Sea (31.5% average 3 ).
Halophiles – Taxonomy, Diversity, Physiology and Applications
WEBJan 1, 2011 · Halophiles are salt-loving organisms inhabiting environments with the capacity to balance the osmotic pressure of the environment and resist the denaturing effects of salts such as salt induced co-aggregation of proteins. They are diverse group of organisms that thrive extreme saline environments.
Halophile | SpringerLink
WEBHalophile is an organism that needs high salt concentrations for growth. A widely used definition is that of Kushner and Kamekura ( 1988) who classify organisms depending on the salt concentration needed for optimum growth.
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