Erwin A. Galinski

TL;DR: Co-expression of the ectoine biosynthesis genes and of the gene of the feedback-resistant aspartate kinase from Corynebacterium glutamicum MH20-22B (lysC) led to markedly increased production of ectoine in E. coli DH5α, resulting in cytoplasmic ectoine concentrations comparable to those reached via ectoine accumulation from the medium.

TL;DR: The labelling of trehalose indicates that the Calvin cycle is blocked in the presence of acetate, which indicated the following biosynthesis pathways: glycine, derived from glyoxylate out of the Kornberg cycle, undergoes a three-fold methylation with S-adenosylmethionine as methyl donor.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that hydroxyectoine, in contrast to ectoine, is a good glass-forming compound and its accumulation in response to increased salinity and elevated temperature by halophiles such as Halomonas elongata and its successful application in ``anhydrobiotic engineering'' of both enzymes and whole cells.

TL;DR: Strain ALCO 1 represents an interesting chemolithoautotrophic model organism for comparative investigations of bacterial adaptations to high salinity and pH and is proposed as a new genus and species Thioalkalibacter halophilus gen. sp.

TL;DR: The relatively high cytoplasmic concentration of this compound observed at all growth conditions suggests that it may serve a vital function as an osmoticum and/or protectant for Ectothiorhodospira marismortui in a saline environment.