caa a22 4500 467911762 CHVBK 20180406152851.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11157-006-0007-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11157-006-0007-y Extremely halophilic archaea and the issue of long-term microbial survival [Elektronische Daten] [Sergiu Fendrihan, Andrea Legat, Marion Pfaffenhuemer, Claudia Gruber, Gerhard Weidler, Friedrich Gerbl, Helga Stan-Lotter] Halophilic archaebacteria (haloarchaea) thrive in environments with salt concentrations approaching saturation, such as natural brines, the Dead Sea, alkaline salt lakes and marine solar salterns; they have also been isolated from rock salt of great geological age (195-250million years). An overview of their taxonomy, including novel isolates from rock salt, is presented here; in addition, some of their unique characteristics and physiological adaptations to environments of low water activity are reviewed. The issue of extreme long-term microbial survival is considered and its implications for the search for extraterrestrial life. The development of detection methods for subterranean haloarchaea, which might also be applicable to samples from future missions to space, is presented. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2006 Extreme halophiles nationallicence Haloarchaea nationallicence Life detection nationallicence Microbial longevity nationallicence Salt mines nationallicence Salt sediments nationallicence Space missions nationallicence Subterranean nationallicence Taxonomy of halobacteriaceae nationallicence Fendrihan Sergiu Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut Legat Andrea Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut Pfaffenhuemer Marion Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut Gruber Claudia Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut Weidler Gerhard Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut Gerbl Friedrich Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut Stan-Lotter Helga Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/2-3(2006-08-01), 203-218 1569-1705 5:2-3<203 2006 5 11157 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-006-0007-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11157-006-0007-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fendrihan Sergiu Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Legat Andrea Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pfaffenhuemer Marion Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gruber Claudia Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Weidler Gerhard Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gerbl Friedrich Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stan-Lotter Helga Department of Microbiology, University of Salzburg, Billrothstr. 11, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology Kluwer Academic Publishers 5/2-3(2006-08-01), 203-218 1569-1705 5:2-3<203 2006 5 11157 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer