Microbiology of the Red Sea (and other) deep-sea anoxic brine lakes
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Antunes, Andre
Ngugi, David

Stingl, Ulrich

KAUST Department
Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) DivisionMarine Science Program
Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
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2011-05-30Online Publication Date
2011-05-30Print Publication Date
2011-08Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/565997
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Summary: The Red Sea harbours approximately 25 deep-sea anoxic brine pools. They constitute extremely unique and complex habitats with the conjugation of several extreme physicochemical parameters rendering them some of the most inhospitable environments on Earth. After 50 years of research mostly driven by chemists, geophysicists and geologists, the microbiology of the brines has been receiving increased interest in the last decade. Recent molecular and cultivation-based studies have provided us with a first glimpse on the enormous biodiversity of the local microbial communities, the identification of several new taxonomic groups, and the isolation of novel extremophiles that thrive in these environments. This review presents a general overview of these unusual biotopes and compares them with other similar environments in the Mediterranean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, with a focus on their microbial ecology. © 2011 Society for Applied Microbiology and Blackwell Publishing Ltd.Citation
Antunes, A., Ngugi, D. K., & Stingl, U. (2011). Microbiology of the Red Sea (and other) deep-sea anoxic brine lakes. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 3(4), 416–433. doi:10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00264.xSponsors
We are grateful for the valuable help of the scientists and crew on board RV Aegeo (2nd KAUST/WHOI Red Sea Expedition). We thank the Coastal and Marine Resources Core Lab (CMRC) of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology for support and technical assistance. We also acknowledge Robert Huber, Wolfgang Eder, and Mark Schmidt for their long-lasting support and valuable discussions, and Luke Thompson and Matt Cahill for their critical reading of the manuscript.Publisher
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23761304ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00264.x
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