Carol D. Litchfield

TL;DR: A combination of morphology, salt tolerance, and guanine plus cytosine content supports the establishment of a new genus, Halomonas, in Family II (Vibrionaceae) of part 8, Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Bacteria, of Bergey's Manual (8th edition).

TL;DR: The application of the LH-PCR method as a monitoring tool for bioremediation could greatly enhance and extend the current understanding of the microbial community dynamics during the biodegradation of environmental contaminants.

TL;DR: The minimal standards are considered as guidelines for authors to prepare descriptions of novel taxa and have been endorsed by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae.

TL;DR: Data confirm both the metabolic diversity and the phylogenetic complexity of the microbial communities and assert the need to develop more versatile media for the cultivation of the diversity of bacteria in hypersaline environments.

TL;DR: The halophilic Archaea are a group of microorganisms that have not been extensively considered for biotechnological applications and the characteristics of the glycosyl hydrolases, lipases and esterases, proteases, biopolymers and surfactants, as well as some miscellaneous other activities will be described.