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Volume 4;  2008
Commentary
On the origin of prokaryotic "species": the taxonomy of halophilic Archaea
Priya DasSarma and Shiladitya DasSarma
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 5. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-5.
PMCID: PMC2397426
Research
Chemical and physical properties of some saline lakes in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Jeff S Bowman and Julian P Sachs
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 3. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-3.
PMCID: PMC2365950
Rotifers from selected inland saline waters in the Chihuahuan Desert of México
Elizabeth J Walsh, Thomas Schröder, Robert L Wallace, Judith V Ríos-Arana, and Roberto Rico-Martínez
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 7. Published online 2008 June 4. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-7.
PMCID: PMC2441627
Diversity of Bacillus-like organisms isolated from deep-sea hypersaline anoxic sediments
Andrea M Sass, Boyd A McKew, Henrik Sass, Jörg Fichtel, Kenneth N Timmis, and Terry J McGenity
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 8. Published online 2008 June 9. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-8.
PMCID: PMC2464584
DNA is preserved and maintains transforming potential after contact with brines of the deep anoxic hypersaline lakes of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Sara Borin, Elena Crotti, Francesca Mapelli, Isabella Tamagnini, Cesare Corselli, and Daniele Daffonchio
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 10. Published online 2008 August 5. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-10.
PMCID: PMC2531117
Effect of benthic boundary layer transport on the productivity of Mono Lake, California
Louise C Bruce, Robert Jellison, Jörg Imberger, and John M Melack
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 11. Published online 2008 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-11.
PMCID: PMC2535590
Heterologous ectoine production in Escherichia coli: By-passing the metabolic bottle-neck
Thorsten Bestvater, Petra Louis, and Erwin A Galinski
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 12. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-12.
PMCID: PMC2562377
Transcriptional responses to biologically relevant doses of UV-B radiation in the model archaeon, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1
Ivan Boubriak, Wooi Loon Ng, Priya DasSarma, Shiladitya DasSarma, David J Crowley, and Shirley J McCready
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 13. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-13.
PMCID: PMC2556686
Morphological study of Cyclotella choctawhatcheeana Prasad (Stephanodiscaceae) from a saline Mexican lake
Maria Guadalupe Oliva, Alfonso Lugo, Javier Alcocer, and Enrique A Cantoral-Uriza
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 17. Published online 2008 December 8. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-17.
PMCID: PMC2615436
A trehalose 6-phosphate synthase gene of the hemocytes of the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus: cloning, the expression, its enzyme activity and relationship to hemolymph trehalose levels
J Sook Chung
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 18. Published online 2008 December 12. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-18.
PMCID: PMC2615023
Reviews
Proteomics with a pinch of salt: A cyanobacterial perspective
Jagroop Pandhal, Phillip C Wright, and Catherine A Biggs
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 1. Published online 2008 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-1.
PMCID: PMC2386806
Microbial life at high salt concentrations: phylogenetic and metabolic diversity
Aharon Oren
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 2. Published online 2008 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-2.
PMCID: PMC2329653
Regulation of osmoadaptation in the moderate halophile Halobacillus halophilus: chloride, glutamate and switching osmolyte strategies
Stephan H Saum and Volker Müller
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 4. Published online 2008 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-4.
PMCID: PMC2412884
Compatible solute influence on nucleic acids: Many questions but few answers
Matthias Kurz
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 6. Published online 2008 June 3. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-6.
PMCID: PMC2430576
Nitrogen metabolism in haloarchaea
María José Bonete, Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa, Carmen Pire, Basilio Zafrilla, and David J Richardson
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 9. Published online 2008 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-9.
PMCID: PMC2483277
Unravelling the adaptation responses to osmotic and temperature stress in Chromohalobacter salexigens, a bacterium with broad salinity tolerance
Carmen Vargas, Montserrat Argandoña, Mercedes Reina-Bueno, Javier Rodríguez-Moya, Cristina Fernández-Aunión, and Joaquín J Nieto
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 14. Published online 2008 September 15. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-14.
PMCID: PMC2553793
Distribution, abundance and diversity of the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber
Josefa Antón, Arantxa Peña, Fernando Santos, Manuel Martínez-García, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, and Ramon Rosselló-Mora
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 15. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-15.
PMCID: PMC2596770
Short Report
Acidophilic haloarchaeal strains are isolated from various solar salts
Hiroaki Minegishi, Toru Mizuki, Akinobu Echigo, Tadamasa Fukushima, Masahiro Kamekura, and Ron Usami
Saline Systems. 2008; 4: 16. Published online 2008 October 29. doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-16.
PMCID: PMC2583988
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