Ecology and physiology of halophilic microorganisms - Thematic issue based on papers presented at Halophiles 2019 - 12th International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 24-28 June, 2019

Horia L Banciu; Mădălin Enache; Rafael Montalvo Rodriguez; Aharon Oren; Antonio Ventosa

doi:10.1093/femsle/fnz250

Ecology and physiology of halophilic microorganisms - Thematic issue based on papers presented at Halophiles 2019 - 12th International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 24-28 June, 2019

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2019 Dec 1;366(23):fnz250. doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnz250.

Authors

Horia L Banciu¹, Mădălin Enache², Rafael Montalvo Rodriguez³, Aharon Oren⁴, Antonio Ventosa⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and Center for Systems Biology, Biodiversity and Bioresources, Babeș-Bolyai University, 5-7 Clinicilor Street, 400006 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
² Institute of Biology Bucharest of the Romanian Academy, 296 Splaiul Independentei, Bucharest, Romania.
³ Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Call Box 9000, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 00681.
⁴ Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra Campus, 9190401 Jerusalem, Israel.
⁵ Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, Calle Profesor García González 2, ES-41012 Sevilla, Spain.

PMID: 31996927
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz250

Abstract

In June 2019, the 12th International Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms - Halophiles 2019, was held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. This thematic issue of FEMS Microbiology Letters contains papers based on lectures and posters presented at the conference. We here provide a short overview of past research on hypersaline environments in Romania and the microorganisms inhabiting them, and briefly present the papers published in this thematic issue.

Keywords: Dunaliella; halophilic archaea; halophilic bacteria; microbial diversity and ecology; salt lakes.

Publication types

Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

Congresses as Topic
Ecology
Halobacteriales / physiology*
Microbiota / physiology*
Physiology
Romania