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Sensitivity of selected members of the family Halobacteriaceae to quinolone antimicrobial compoundsA Oren
Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, Alexander Silverman Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Arch Microbiol 165:354-8. 1996..5-0.75 M MgCl2. It is suggested that the putative archaeal type II DNA topoisomerase has properties similar to those of the enzyme from Bacteria, although its sensitivity to quinolone antimicrobial compounds may be lower...- Gas vesicles isolated from Halobacterium cells by lysis in hypotonic solution are structurally weakenedAharon Oren
The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
FEMS Microbiol Lett 252:337-41. 2005.... - How to be moderately halophilic with broad salt tolerance: clues from the genome of Chromohalobacter salexigensAharon Oren
The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Extremophiles 9:275-9. 2005..The evolution of highly salt-tolerant prokaryotes may have depended on an increase in acidity of the proteins located external to the cytoplasmic membrane, enabling effective transport of nutrients into the cell... - A proposal for further integration of the cyanobacteria under the Bacteriological CodeAharon Oren
The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:1895-902. 2004.... 
Prokaryote diversity and taxonomy: current status and future challengesAharon Oren
The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 359:623-38. 2004..A better coverage of the prokaryote diversity on Earth depends on such innovative approaches, combined with appropriate funding...- Sugar metabolism in the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruberAharon Oren
Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
FEMS Microbiol Lett 223:83-7. 2003..However, activity of 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase could not be detected in extracts of Salinibacter cells, whether or not grown in the presence of glucose... - Intracellular ion and organic solute concentrations of the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruberAharon Oren
Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Extremophiles 6:491-8. 2002.... - Amino acid composition of bulk protein and salt relationships of selected enzymes of Salinibacter ruber, an extremely halophilic bacteriumAharon Oren
Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Extremophiles 6:217-23. 2002..The results presented show that Salinibacter enzymes are adapted to function in the presence of high salt concentrations... - Halomicrobium mukohataei gen. nov., comb. nov., and emended description of Halomicrobium mukohataeiAharon Oren
The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 52:1831-5. 2002..A full description of the isolate, proposed as a member of a new genus, Halomicrobium, as Halomicrobium mukohataei comb. nov., is presented. The type strain is strain arg-2T (= JCM 9738T = DSM 12286T = ATCC 700874T = NCIMB 13541T)... - Occurrence of virus-like particles in the Dead SeaA Oren
The Alexander Silverman Institute of Life Sciences and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Extremophiles 1:143-9. 1997..It is suggested that viruses may play a major role in the decline of halophilic archaeal communities in the Dead Sea. an environment in which protozoa and other predators are absent... - Haloarcula quadrata sp. nov., a square, motile archaeon isolated from a brine pool in Sinai (Egypt)A Oren
Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, Institute of Life Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Int J Syst Bacteriol 49:1149-55. 1999..A new species, Haloarcula quadrata, is therefore proposed, with strain 801030/1T (= DSM 11927T) as the type strain... - Bioenergetic aspects of halophilismA Oren
Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 63:334-48. 1999.... - Change of the names Haloanaerobiales, Haloanaerobiaceae and Haloanaerobium to Halanaerobiales, Halanaerobiaceae and Halanaerobium, respectively, and further nomenclatural changes within the order HalanaerobialesA Oren
Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel a
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 50:2229-30. 2000..These changes are required in view of Rule 61, Appendix 9, of the Bacteriological Code... - Diversity of halophilic microorganisms: environments, phylogeny, physiology, and applicationsA Oren
Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 28:56-63. 2002.... - Strokes after cardiac surgery: mostly right hemispheric ischemic with mild residual damageI Korn-Lubetzki
Dept of Neurology, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, 3235, Jerusalem, 91031, Israel
J Neurol 254:1708-13. 2007..Since cardiac surgery is now performed on patients with high risk for cerebrovascular disease, we studied the clinical findings and medium term outcome of patients with acute stroke/transient ischemic attack (TIA) after cardiac surgery... - The role of the outer membrane in formaldehyde tolerance in Escherichia coli VU3695 and Halomonas sp. MACM Azachi
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Microbiology 142:1249-54. 1996..It is concluded that formaldehyde tolerance in the bacteria studied depends on the composition and structure of the outer membrane... - Haladaptatus paucihalophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a low-salt, sulfide-rich springKristen N Savage
Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73071, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:19-24. 2007..nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DX253(T) (=JCM 13897(T)=DSM 18195(T)=ATCC BAA-1313(T)=KCTC 4006(T))... 
Halosarcina pallida gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon from a low-salt, sulfide-rich springKristen N Savage
Department of Botany and Microbiology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:856-60. 2008..nov., sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain of Halosarcina pallida is BZ256T (=KCTC 4017T =JCM 14848T)...- Culture-dependent study of microbial diversity of Lake ChakaMike Dyall-Smith
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:7427; author reply 7427. 2006 - Mycosporines and mycosporine-like amino acids: UV protectants or multipurpose secondary metabolites?Aharon Oren
The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
FEMS Microbiol Lett 269:1-10. 2007..Here, the evidence for these additional roles of MAAs as 'multipurpose' secondary metabolites is reviewed, with special emphasis on their functions in the microbial world... - Haloferax larsenii sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from a solar salternXue Wei Xu
College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People s Republic of China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:717-20. 2007..Therefore the isolates should be classified as members of a novel species, for which the name Haloferax larsenii sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is ZJ206(T) (=CGMCC 1.5347(T)=JCM 13917(T))... - Natronorubrum sulfidifaciens sp. nov., an extremely haloalkaliphilic archaeon isolated from Aiding salt lake in Xin-Jiang, ChinaHeng Lin Cui
State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People s Republic of China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:738-40. 2007..It was concluded that strain AD2(T) represents a novel species of the genus Natronorubrum, for which the name Natronorubrum sulfidifaciens sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AD2(T) (=CGMCC 1.6307(T)=JCM 14089(T))... - Haloplanus natans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, gas-vacuolate archaeon isolated from Dead Sea-Red Sea water mixtures in experimental outdoor pondsRahel Elevi Bardavid
The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:780-3. 2007..The name Haloplanus natans gen. nov., sp. nov. is proposed for this novel organism. The type strain of Haloplanus natans is RE-101(T) (=DSM 17983(T)=JCM 14081(T))... - Genomic survey of sequence features for ultraviolet tolerance in Haloarchaea (family Halobacteriaceae)Peng Zhou
Department of Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
Genomics 90:103-9. 2007.... - Nomenclature and taxonomy of halophilic archaea--comments on the proposal by DasSarma and DasSarma for nomenclatural changes within the order HalobacterialesAharon Oren
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Institute of Life Sciences and the Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:2245-6. 2008.... - Characterization of alcohol dehydrogenase from the haloalkaliphilic archaeon Natronomonas pharaonisYi Cao
College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, People s Republic of China
Extremophiles 12:471-6. 2008..0. Zn2+ significantly inhibited activity. The Km value for acetaldehyde was higher than that for ethanol. It was concluded that the physiological role of this enzyme is likely the catalysis of the oxidation of ethanol to acetaldehyde... - Sensitivity of Haloquadratum and Salinibacter to antibiotics and other inhibitors: implications for the assessment of the contribution of Archaea and Bacteria to heterotrophic activities in hypersaline environmentsRahel Elevi Bardavid
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
FEMS Microbiol Ecol 63:309-15. 2008..Inhibition by chloramphenicol and taurocholate increased with increasing salt concentration. Erythromycin and taurocholate proved most valuable to differentiate between archaeal and bacterial activities in saltern brines... - Marinobacter pelagius sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacteriumXue Wei Xu
Laboratory of Marine Ecosystem and Biogeochemistry, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou 310012, People s Republic of China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 58:637-40. 2008..Therefore, it is proposed that strain HS225(T) represents a novel species of the genus Marinobacter, for which the name Marinobacter pelagius sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is HS225(T) (=CGMCC 1.6775(T) =JCM 14804(T))... - Structure of euhalothece-362, a novel red-shifted mycosporine-like amino acid, from a halophilic cyanobacterium (Euhalothece sp.)Marc Volkmann
Geomicrobiology, Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
FEMS Microbiol Lett 258:50-4. 2006.... - Haloterrigena saccharevitans sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from Xin-Jiang, ChinaXue Wei Xu
College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, P R China
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 55:2539-42. 2005..It is therefore proposed that strain AB14T represents a novel species, for which the name Haloterrigena saccharevitans sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is AB14T (=AS 1.3730T=JCM 12889T)... - Community composition of a hypersaline endoevaporitic microbial matKetil Bernt Sørensen
Department of Geology and Geophysics Post 701, 1680 East west Rd, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:7352-65. 2005..Detected archaeal groups included organisms affiliated with the Methanosarcinales, the Halobacteriales, and uncultured groups of Euryarchaeota... - Mycosporine-2-glycine is the major mycosporine-like amino acid in a unicellular cyanobacterium (Euhalothece sp.) isolated from a gypsum crust in a hypersaline saltern pondLaura Kedar
Division of Microbial and Molecular Ecology, Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
FEMS Microbiol Lett 208:233-7. 2002..This is the first report of mycosporine-2-glycine in cyanobacteria... - Prokaryote taxonomy online: challenges aheadAharon Oren
Nature 419:15. 2002 - New C(40)-carotenoid acyl glycoside as principal carotenoid in Salinibacter ruber, an extremely halophilic eubacteriumBjart Frode Lutnaes
Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
J Nat Prod 65:1340-3. 2002.... - Salinibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, extremely halophilic member of the Bacteria from saltern crystallizer pondsJosefa Antón
Departamento de Fisiologia, Genética y Microbiología, Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 52:485-91. 2002..Isolation of the organism now allows formal description of a novel genus and species, for which we propose the name Salinibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov. The type strain is strain M31T (= DSM 13855T = CECT 5946T)... - Metabolism of chloride in halophilic prokaryotesVolker Muller
Section Microbiology, Department Biology I, LMU Munchen, Maria Ward Strasse 1a, 80638 Munchen, Germany
Extremophiles 7:261-6. 2003..It is thus becoming increasingly clear that chloride has specific functions in haloadaptation in different groups of halophilic microorganisms... - Occurrence of two different glutamate dehydrogenase activities in the halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruberMaria Jose Bonete
Division of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Alicante, 03080, Alicante, Spain
FEMS Microbiol Lett 226:181-6. 2003..A low-molecular-mass cytoplasmic fraction was found to be a highly effective activator of GDHII in the presence of high NaCl concentrations... - Salinity responses of benthic microbial communities in a solar saltern (Eilat, Israel)Ketil Bernt Sørensen
Danish Center for Earth System Science, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, University of Odense, Odense, Denmark
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:1608-16. 2004..Unicellular and filamentous cyanobacteria metabolized at near-optimum rates at the in situ salinity, whereas the optimum salinity for anoxygenic phototrophs was between 100 and 120 per thousand... - Taxonomic study of Halorubrum distributum and proposal of Halorubrum terrestre sp. novAntonio Ventosa
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sevilla, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:389-92. 2004..nov. The type strain of this novel species is 4p(T) (=VKM B-1739(T)=JCM 10247(T)). The DNA G+C content of this novel species is 64.2-64.9 mol% (64.4 mol% for the type strain)... - Survey of archaeal diversity reveals an abundance of halophilic Archaea in a low-salt, sulfide- and sulfur-rich springMostafa S Elshahed
Department of Botany and Microbiology and Institute for Energy and the Environment, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:2230-9. 2004..This study demonstrates that members of the Halobacteriales are not restricted to their typical high-salt habitats, and we propose a role for the Halobacteriales in sulfur reduction in natural ecosystems... - Novel sulfonolipid in the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruberAngela Corcelli
Dipartimento di Biochimica Medica e Biologia Medica, Universita degli Studi di Bari, IPCF CR, Bari, Italy
Appl Environ Microbiol 70:6678-85. 2004..This study suggests that this novel sulfonolipid may be used as a chemotaxonomic marker for the detection of Salinibacter within the halophilic microbial community in saltern crystallizer ponds and other hypersaline environments... - Haloferax sulfurifontis sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from a sulfide- and sulfur-rich springMostafa S Elshahed
Department of Botany and Microbiology, and Institute of Energy and the Environment, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 54:2275-9. 2004..A novel species, Haloferax sulfurifontis sp. nov., is therefore proposed to accommodate the strain. The type strain is M6(T) (=JCM 12327(T)=CCM 7217(T)=DSM 16227(T)=CIP 108334(T))... - Glycerol metabolism in the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruberJonathan Sher
The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
FEMS Microbiol Lett 232:211-5. 2004..6 to 2.8 M KCl. No significant activity of NAD-dependent glycerol dehydrogenase was found. It is suggested that Salinibacter may use glycerol as one of its principal substrates in its habitat, the saltern crystallizer ponds... - Antimicrobial properties of Dead Sea black mineral mudZeev Ma'or
Dead Sea Research Center, 86910 Dead Sea, Israel
Int J Dermatol 45:504-11. 2006.... - Valid publication of names of prokaryotes according to the rules of nomenclature: past history and current practiceBrian J Tindall
DSMZ - Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH, Inhoffenstrasse 7b, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 56:2715-20. 2006.... - Interrelationships between Dunaliella and halophilic prokaryotes in saltern crystallizer pondsRahel Elevi Bardavid
The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
Extremophiles 12:5-14. 2008.... - Presence of two novel cardiolipins in the halophilic archaeal community in the crystallizer brines from the salterns of Margherita di Savoia (Italy) and Eilat (Israel)Veronica M T Lattanzio
Dipartimento di Fisiologia Generale ed Ambientale, Universita di Bari, Via Amendola 165 A, 70126 Bari, Italy
Extremophiles 6:437-44. 2002..A sulfated diglycosyl diether was the major glycolipid detected in the biomass of both salterns... - Recommended minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family HalomonadaceaeDavid R Arahal
Spanish Type Culture Collection CECT and Department of Microbiology and Ecology, University of Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 57:2436-46. 2007..The proposals presented here have been endorsed by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae... - Dihydroxyacetone metabolism in Salinibacter ruber and in Haloquadratum walsbyiRahel Elevi Bardavid
The Institute of Life Sciences, and The Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 91904, Israel
Extremophiles 12:125-31. 2008....