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Gypsum crust from the bottom of a shallow saltern pond (200 g l−1 salinity) in Eilat, Israel, showing layered communities of phototrophic microbes. The orange-brown upper layer is dominated by unicellular cyanobacteria and the green layer by filamentous cyanobacteria; and the red-purple layer contains a dense community of purple sulfur bacteria (e.g. Halochromatium spp.) that oxidize sulfide produced by sulfate-reducing bacteria present in the lower grey layer, © Andreas Thywißen. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
Gypsum crust from the bottom of a shallow saltern pond (200 g l−1 salinity) in Eilat, Israel, showing layered communities of phototrophic microbes. The orange-brown upper layer is dominated by unicellular cyanobacteria and the green layer by filamentous cyanobacteria; and the red-purple layer contains a dense community of purple sulfur bacteria (e.g. Halochromatium spp.) that oxidize sulfide produced by sulfate-reducing bacteria present in the lower grey layer, © Andreas Thywißen. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
The red pond on the left is saturated with NaCl, and has a visible halite crust. The mound of harvested salt is about 2.5 m high, © Rafael Bosch. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
The red pond on the left is saturated with NaCl, and has a visible halite crust. The mound of harvested salt is about 2.5 m high, © Rafael Bosch. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
Laboratory-made crystals of NaCl encasing the haloarchaeon, Halorubrum saccharovorum. The cloudiness of the halite (NaCl) crystals is due to the large number of brine inclusions. Each crystal is ca. 1 cm square, © Terry J. McGenity. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
Laboratory-made crystals of NaCl encasing the haloarchaeon, Halorubrum saccharovorum. The cloudiness of the halite (NaCl) crystals is due to the large number of brine inclusions. Each crystal is ca. 1 cm square, © Terry J. McGenity. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
Scanning electron micrograph of Halococcus salifodinae strain BIp, isolated from a salt mine in Austria, © Gerhard Wanner. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
Scanning electron micrograph of Halococcus salifodinae strain BIp, isolated from a salt mine in Austria, © Gerhard Wanner. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
Medsalt OGS Explora Cuise, Baleares July 2015 (credits Angelo Camerlenghi)
Medsalt OGS Explora Cuise, Baleares July 2015 (credits Angelo Camerlenghi)
Medsalt OGS Explora Cuise, Baleares July 2015 (credits Angelo Camerlenghi)
Medsalt OGS Explora Cuise, Baleares July 2015 (credits Angelo Camerlenghi)
Medsalt OGS Explora Cuise, Baleares July 2015 (credits Angelo Camerlenghi)
Sampling intercalated clays within the Sorbas (SE. Spain) Messinian peripheral primary gypsum Popescu-Suc (credits Marcello Natalicchio)
Sampling intercalated clays within the Sorbas (SE. Spain) Messinian peripheral primary gypsum Popescu-Suc (credits Marcello Natalicchio)
Medsalt OGS Explora Cuise, Baleares July 2015 (credits Angelo Camerlenghi)
Medsalt OGS Explora Cuise, Baleares July 2015 (credits Angelo Camerlenghi)
Microscopic image from a natural hypersaline brine (salinity > 200 g l−1). Based on distinctive morphologies the following can be identified: the eukaryotic green alga Dunaliella salina living alongside the haloarchaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi (flat square with gas vesicles; numerous cells are dividing like a sheet of postage stamps). A rod-shaped microbe can also be seen, © Mike Dyall-Smith. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
Microscopic image from a natural hypersaline brine (salinity > 200 g l−1). Based on distinctive morphologies the following can be identified: the eukaryotic green alga Dunaliella salina living alongside the haloarchaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi (flat square with gas vesicles; numerous cells are dividing like a sheet of postage stamps). A rod-shaped microbe can also be seen, © Mike Dyall-Smith. (For more details see: McGenity TJ & Oren A (2012) Hypersaline environments. In Life at Extremes: Environments, Organisms and Strategies for Survival. EM Bell (ed.) CAB International, UK. pp. 402-437)
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