Halophilic adaptations have been studied almost exclusively on prokaryotic microorganisms. Discovery of the black yeast Hortaea werneckii as the dominant fungal species in hypersaline waters enabled the introduction of a new model organism to study the mechanisms of salt tolerance in eukaryotes. Its strategies of cellular osmotic adaptations on the physiological and molecular level revealed nov...

Aim: Fungi that can tolerate unfavorable conditions are a potential source of stable bioactive metabolites be used for various industrial processes. Therefore this study aimed to isolate halotolerant and halophilic fungi from the Iko river estuary screen them three industrially important enzymes: amylase, cellulase, mannanase.
 Place Duration Study: Department Microbiology, Akwa Ibom State...

Salinity is an important problem for agriculture in the Mediterranean area, and thus, it essential to develop mitigation strategies reduce its impact. The main objective of this study was test effectiveness halotolerant plant growth-promoting bacteria (H-PGPB) improving grapevine salt stress tolerance. Grapevines grafted onto a salt-sensitive rootstock were inoculated with consortium H-PGPB. su...

Historic buildings are constantly being exposed to numerous climatic changes such as damp and rainwater. Water migration into and out of the material's pores can lead to salt precipitation and the so-called efflorescence. The structure of the material may be seriously threatened by salt crystallization. A huge pressure is produced when salt hydrates occupy larger spaces, which leads at the end ...

BACKGROUND The prosperity of Hallstatt (Salzkammergut region, Austria) is based on the richness of salt in the surrounding mountains and salt mining, which is documented as far back as 1500 years B.C. Substantial archaeological evidence of Bronze and Iron Age salt mining has been discovered, with a wooden staircase (1108 B.C.) being one of the most impressive and well preserved finds. However, ...