Authors
Dimitry Y Sorokin, Horia L Banciu, Gerard Muyzer
Publication date
2015/6/1
Source
Current opinion in microbiology
Volume
25
Pages
88-96
Publisher
Elsevier Current Trends
Description
Highlights
- A current knowledge on extremophilic microbial communities in soda is reviewed.
- The focus is made on functional groups as opposed to general microbial diversity.
- The groups of haloalkaliphilic prokaryotes cycling carbon, nitrogen and sulfur are discussed.
- Concept ‘natronophily’is proposed as a mode of salt adaptation unique for soda lake prokaryotes.
Soda lakes represent unique permanently haloalkaline system. Despite the harsh conditions, they are inhabited by abundant, mostly prokaryotic, microbial communities. This review summarizes results of studies of main functional groups of the soda lake prokaryotes responsible for carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycling, including oxygenic and anoxygenic phototrophs, aerobic chemolithotrophs, fermenting and respiring anaerobes. The main conclusion from this work is that the soda lakes are very different from other high-salt systems in respect to microbial …
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DY Sorokin, HL Banciu, G Muyzer - Current opinion in microbiology, 2015