Marine microbiology: Microbial ecology of the Red Sea [Mikrobielle Ökologie des Roten Meeres]
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ArticleKAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionComputational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC)
Marine Microbial Ecology Research Group
Marine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
Date
2012-10-04Online Publication Date
2012-10-04Print Publication Date
2012-10Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/562348
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The Red Sea is an unusually harsh marine environment, characterized by high temperature and salinity. It also harbors some of the most extreme environments on earth, the Deep Sea Brine Pools. Here, we report on the microbial communities in these environments. The water column is dominated by SAR11 and Prochlorococcus, which have developed specific adaptations to withstand the conditions. The Brine Pools have only been poorly characterized so far, and only four pure cultures are described. © Springer-Verlag 2012.Citation
Stingl, U., Ngugi, D. K., Thompson, L., Antunes, A., & Cahill, M. (2012). Mikrobielle Ökologie des Roten Meeres. BIOspektrum, 18(6), 582–584. doi:10.1007/s12268-012-0231-7Publisher
Springer NatureJournal
BIOspektrumae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s12268-012-0231-7