Meteorit Planet Sci. 1998 Jul;33(4):813-9.

Survival strategies for microorganisms in hypersaline environments and their relevance to life on early Mars.

Source

Department of Biology, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA. clitchfi@wpgate.gmu.edu

Abstract

There are two groups of microorganisms that live and grow in hypersaline (>10-15% NaCl) environments: the halophilic Archaea and the halotolerant Bacteria and algae. In order to grow and reproduce in such high-salt, low-water activity environments, these organisms have made basic biochemical adaptations in their proteins, osmoregulation mechanisms, nucleic acids, and lipids. The environment of the halophiles and especially how the halophilic Archaea have adapted to that environment are reviewed in this paper. Along with this review is a brief description of how these adaptations could be important in the detection of life on early Mars assuming similar types of salts and a carbon-based life.

PMID:: 11543079; [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

EBSCO

Other Literature Sources

Labome Researcher Resource - ExactAntigen/Labome

Molecular Biology Databases

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Carotenoid analysis of halophilic archaea by resonance Raman spectroscopy. [Astrobiology. 2007]
Carotenoid analysis of halophilic archaea by resonance Raman spectroscopy.
Marshall CP, Leuko S, Coyle CM, Walter MR, Burns BP, Neilan BA. Astrobiology. 2007 Aug; 7(4):631-43.
Survival strategies of microorganisms in extreme saline environments. [Adv Space Res. 1986]
Survival strategies of microorganisms in extreme saline environments.
Imhoff JF. Adv Space Res. 1986; 6(12):299-306.
Diversity of halophilic microorganisms: environments, phylogeny, physiology, and applications. [J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2002]
Diversity of halophilic microorganisms: environments, phylogeny, physiology, and applications.
Oren A. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2002 Jan; 28(1):56-63.
Review Adaptive modifications in membranes of halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms. [J Bioenerg Biomembr. 1989]
Review Adaptive modifications in membranes of halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms.
Russell NJ. J Bioenerg Biomembr. 1989 Feb; 21(1):93-113.
Review [Adaptation strategies of halophilic microorganisms and Debaryomyces hansenii (halophilic yeast)]. [Rev Latinoam Microbiol. 2002]
Review [Adaptation strategies of halophilic microorganisms and Debaryomyces hansenii (halophilic yeast)].
González-Hernández JC, Peña A. Rev Latinoam Microbiol. 2002 Jul-Dec; 44(3-4):137-56.

See reviews... See all...

Cited by 4 PubMed Central articles

Niche adaptation by expansion and reprogramming of general transcription factors. [Mol Syst Biol. 2011]
Niche adaptation by expansion and reprogramming of general transcription factors.
Turkarslan S, Reiss DJ, Gibbins G, Su WL, Pan M, Bare JC, Plaisier CL, Baliga NS. Mol Syst Biol. 2011 Nov 22; 7:554. Epub 2011 Nov 22.
Protein attributes contribute to halo-stability, bioinformatics approach. [Saline Systems. 2011]
Protein attributes contribute to halo-stability, bioinformatics approach.
Ebrahimie E, Ebrahimi M, Sarvestani NR, Ebrahimi M. Saline Systems. 2011 May 18; 7(1):1. Epub 2011 May 18.
Shotgun proteomics of the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii. [J Proteome Res. 2008]
Shotgun proteomics of the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii.
Kirkland PA, Humbard MA, Daniels CJ, Maupin-Furlow JA. J Proteome Res. 2008 Nov; 7(11):5033-9. Epub 2008 Sep 25.

See all...

Related information

Related Citations
Calculated set of PubMed citations closely related to the selected article(s) retrieved using a word weight algorithm. Related articles are displayed in ranked order from most to least relevant, with the “linked from” citation displayed first.
Compound (MeSH Keyword)
PubChem chemical compound records that are classified under the same Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary as the current articles.
Substance (MeSH Keyword)
PubChem chemical substance (submitted) records that are classified under the same Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) controlled vocabulary as the current articles.
Cited in PMC
Full-text articles in the PubMed Central Database that cite the current articles.

Recent activity

Clear Turn Off Turn On

Survival strategies for microorganisms in hypersaline environments and their rel...
Survival strategies for microorganisms in hypersaline environments and their relevance to life on early Mars.
Meteorit Planet Sci. 1998 Jul ;33(4):813-9.

PubMed
The origin and relief of common pain.
The origin and relief of common pain.
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 1998 ;11(2):89-130.

PubMed
Mineralogical studies of sulfide samples and volatile concentrations of basalt g...
Mineralogical studies of sulfide samples and volatile concentrations of basalt glasses from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge.
J Geophys Res. 1987 Oct 10 ;92(B11):11373-9.

PubMed
Current status of the prebiotic synthesis of small molecules.
Current status of the prebiotic synthesis of small molecules.
Chem Scr. 1986 ;26B:5-11.

PubMed
A phylogenetic definition of the major eubacterial taxa.
A phylogenetic definition of the major eubacterial taxa.
Syst Appl Microbiol. 1985 ;6:143-51.

PubMed

Your browsing activity is empty.

Activity recording is turned off.

Turn recording back on

PubMed

Result Filters

Display Settings:

Send to:

Survival strategies for microorganisms in hypersaline environments and their relevance to life on early Mars.

Source

Abstract

Publication Types, MeSH Terms, Substances

Publication Types

MeSH Terms

Substances

LinkOut - more resources

Full Text Sources

Other Literature Sources

Molecular Biology Databases

Supplemental Content

Save items

Related citations in PubMed

Cited by 4 PubMed Central articles

Related information

Recent activity

Simple NCBI Directory

Getting Started

Resources

Popular

Featured

NCBI Information