Interfacial zones straddling terrestrial and marine realms, colloquially known as mudflats, epitomize a dynamic nexus between these environments are fundamental to the coastal ecosystem. The investigation of regions is paramount for facilitating infrastructural developments including ports, wharfs, cross-sea bridges, strategic utilization freshwater resources sequestered from mainland islands a...

Osmotolerance is one of the critical factors for successful survival and colonization of microbes in saline environments. Nonetheless, information about these osmotolerance mechanisms is still inadequate. Exploration of the saline soil microbiome for its community structure and novel genetic elements is likely to provide information on the mechanisms involved in osmoadaptation. The present stud...

BACKGROUND Generally, extremophiles have been deemed to survive in the extreme environments to which they had adapted to grow. Recently many extremophiles have been isolated from places where they are not expected to grow. Alkaliphilic microorganisms have been isolated from acidic soil samples with pH 4.0, and thermophiles have been isolated from samples of low temperature. Numerous moderately ...

Perchlorate (ClO4 ) has been detected in numerous ground and surface waters, and has recently been added to the drinking water Candidate Contaminant List in the United States. Perchlorate can be removed from drinking water using ion exchange, but this results in the production of highly saline (7–12%) perchlorate-contaminated brines. Perchlorate-degrading microbial enrichments capable of growth...

Abstract Primary fluid inclusions in bedded halite from the 830-m.y.-old Browne Formation of central Australia contain organic solids and liquids, as documented with transmitted light ultraviolet–visible (UV-vis) petrography. These objects are consistent size, shape, fluorescent response cells prokaryotes eukaryotes compounds. This discovery shows that microorganisms saline depositional environ...

background: toxoplasmosis is considered as one of the most common infectious diseases caused by the protozoan parasite toxoplasma gondii . tachyzoite is the main form of toxoplasma and continuously is maintained in cell culture or injected into the mice peritoneal cavity. this study was designed to evaluate the survival rate of rh strain of t. gondii tachyzoites in different cell free, nutrient...