Heterotrophic Protists in Hypersaline Microbial Mats and Deep Hypersaline Basin Water Columns

Although hypersaline environments pose challenges to life because of the low water content (water activity), many such habitats appear to support eukaryotic microbes. This contribution presents brief reviews of our current knowledge on eukaryotes of water-column haloclines and brines from Deep Hyper...

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Main Authors: Joan M. Bernhard, Virginia P. Edgcomb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-05-01
Series:Life
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/3/2/346