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			Posters Presentations Halorhabdus tiamatea sp. nov., a non-pigmented, extremely halophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hypersaline anoxic basin of the Red Sea Antunes, A.¹, Taborda, M.¹, Huber, R.², Moissl, C.², da Costa, M.S.³ The iron-uptake regulator Fur controls both iron homeostasis and osmoadaptation in the halophile Chromohalobacter salexigens Argandoña, M., Nieto, J.J., Vargas, C. Purification and characterization of a cyclomaltodextrin glucanotransferase from Haloferax mediterranei Bautista, V., Pérez-Pomares, F., Esclapez, J., Camacho, M., Bonete, M.J. Phototroph diversity and microbial consortia in Great Salt Lake Beer, L.L.^1,2, Meuser, J.E.^1,2, Messer, A.³, Baxter, B.K.⁴, Posewitz, M.C.^1,2 Characterization of exopolysaccharides produced by two halophilic Alphaproteobacteria, Salipiger mucosus and Palleronia marisminoris Mata, J. A.¹, Llamas, I.¹, Quesada, E.¹, Tallon, R.³,Bressollier, P.^2,3, Urdaci, M.C.³, Béjar, V.¹ Adaptation of low-salt tolerant haloarchaea to estuarine environments Bochiwal, C.¹, Neuenkirchen, N.^1,2, Underwood, G.J.C.¹, Timmis, K.N.^1,3, McGenity, T.J.¹ Isolation and characterization of extreme halophiles from the athalassohaline system of Ascotan, in the Atacama Desert Pinto, E.¹, Boehmwald, F.^1,2, Guzmán, L.^1,2, Blamey, J.¹ Phylogenetic and biochemical characterization of psychrophilic halotolerant bacteria from Antarctic protected areas. Guzmán, L.^1,2, Boehmwald, F.^1,2, Ortega, R.¹, Pinto, E.¹, Blamey, J.¹ Synthesis and regulation of glycine betaine synthesis from choline in Halobacillus halophilus Burkhardt, J., Müller, V. **In vivo studies of the glyoxylate bypass operon (ace) in the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii Esclapez, J.¹, Camacho, M.¹, Bautista, V.¹, Pfeifer, F.², Bonete, M.J.¹ Isolation of halotolerant fungi from olive brines and screening of phenol-oxidase producers Crognale, S¹., D’Annibale, A.¹, Federici, F.¹, Petruccioli, M.¹ Phylogeny of the family Halomonadaceae based on 23S and 16S rRNA sequence analyses: proposal of a new genus de la Haba, R.R.¹, Márquez, M.C.¹, Arahal D.R.², Ventosa, A.¹ Behaviour of NAD(P)H-dependent D-2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase from Haloferax mediterranei in different denaturant agents Domenech, J.¹, Nieto J.M.², Ferrer, J.¹ Light- and electron-microscopic analysis and chemical characterization of haloarchaeal occurrence in ancient Austrian rock salt Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer, M.¹, McGenity, T.J.², Boston, P.J.³, Stan-Lotter, H¹ Phylogenetic relationships within the family Halobacteriaceae inferred from rpoB’ gene and protein sequences Enache, M.^1,2, Itoh, T.¹, Fukushima, T.³, Usami, R.³, Dumitru, L.², Kamekura, M.⁴ Assessment of the presence and viability of haloarchaea in fluid inclusions in halite Fendrihan, S., Stan-Lotter, H. Diversity of moderately halophilic bacteria producing extracellular hydrolytic enzymes isolated from Pilluana salt brine in Peru** Zavaleta, A.I., Cardenas-Fernandez, A.M., Flores-Fernandez, M.L., Cervantes, L.L., Coser, R.M. Diversity of the denitrifying species of the genus Halomonas González-Domenech, C.M.¹, Martínez-Checa, F.¹, Muyzer, G.², Mormile, M.R.³, Béjar, V.¹, Quesada, E.¹ *Evidence for the production of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate granules by Halococcus* and Halorubrum species Gruber, C., Legat, A., Stan-Lotter, H. The activity profile of the TrkG from the soda lake haloalkaliphile Alkalimonas amylolytica is adaptive for the extreme environment** Guo, Y., Xue, Y., Wang, Q., Wang, X., and Ma, Y. Salmonella mutagenicity analysis of water samples from Çamaltı Saltern Guven K., Mutlu M.B., Kutlu M., Aydogan G. Osmoprotectants in two strains of cyanobacteria: Synechocystis cf. salina and Arthronema africanum Hořejší, E.¹, Kopecký, I.J.² Analysis of the four glutamate dehydrogenases (GDHs) of Halobacterium salinarum Ibrahim, I., Engel, P.C. Halophilic microorganisms from Great Salt Lake that grow on diverse carbon sources Khan, I.J., Litchfield, C.D. A novel carotenoid essential for growth at elevated salinities in the moderate halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilus Köcher, S.¹, Sandmann, G.², Müller, V.¹ Heterologous expression of compatible solute pathways in Halomonas elongata Korsten, A., Burdziak, A., Meffert, A., Galinski, E.A. Halovirus SH1: adsorption to the host Kukkaro, P., Roine, E., Bamford, D.H. *2D gel electrophoresis of Halococcus dombrowskii* for the identification of responses to potential growth factors Legat, A., Stan-Lotter, H. Cloning, sequencing and functions of the global regulator GacA in Halomonas anticariensis FP35^T Llamas, I., Quesada, J. M., Quesada, E. Combined use of classical and molecular techniques to understand the ecology of the athalassohaline lake of Tirez (La Mancha, Spain)** Vizioli C., Montoya L., Amils R., Marín I. Halomonas cerina sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, denitrifying, exopolysaccharide-producing bacterium. González-Doménech, C.M., Martínez-Checa, F., Quesada, E., Béjar, V. Understanding the factors that stimulate or inhibit microbial activity in deep seawater - hypersaline brine gradients McGenity, T.J.¹, Hallsworth, J.E.^1,3, Sass, A.M.^1,4, Yakimov, M.M.², Timmis, K.N.^1,5 *Use of Halomonas* organivorans and Thalassobacilus devorans for bioremediation processes Mellado, E., García, M.T., Ventosa, A. Novel and unexpected prokaryotic diversity in water and sediments of the alkaline, hypersaline lakes of the Wadi An Natrun, Egypt Mesbah N.M.¹, Soad H. Abou-El-Ela², and Wiegel J.¹ Taxonomic study of cultures from ancient and modern salts Vreeland RH¹, Miezeiewski MR¹, Lowenstein TK², Timofeeff MN², Schubert BA² Diversity of extreme halophiles producing hydrolytic enzymes in hypersaline habitats Moreno M.L., Mellado E., García M.T., Ventosa A. Effect of selenooxyanions on tellurite removal in halophilic and halotolerant bacteria** Motesharrei, Z.S., Amoozegar, M.A. Expression and renaturation of recombinant glutamate dehydrogenases GDH(s) from Halobacterium salinarum Munawar N., Engel P.C. Antagonistic effects between extremely halophilic Archaea and the halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber Elevi Bardavid R., Oren A. Intraspecific diversity in Salinibacter ruber Peña A.¹, Santos F.¹, Lucio M.², Brito-Echeverría J.³, Frommberger M.³, Schmitt-Kopplin P.², Rosselló-Mora R.³, Antón J.¹ Halophilic glutamate synthase Pire, C., Esclapez, J., Martínez-Espinosa, R.M., Díaz, S., Bonete, M.J. *HALOSPACE – Preparation of Halococcus dombrowskii* for exposure experiments on the International Space Station** Polacsek, T.K., Stan-Lotter, H. Production and characterization of an extracellular polysaccharide by Haloferax prahovense Popescu Teodosiu, G.¹, Delcea, M.^1,2, Enache, M.¹, Dumitru, L.¹ Isolation of halophilic nocardioform actinomycetes from the Salinas of Secovlje, Slovenia Ramírez Durán, N., Salgado Parra A., Sandoval Trujillo, H. Phylogenetic study based on the 16S rRNA of halophilic actinomycetes isolated from the Pacific coastline of Mexico Ramírez Durán, N., Sandoval Trujillo, H. Study of the halophile microflora of the saline soils of Texcoco Lake in Mexico Ramírez Durán, N.^1,2, Sandoval Trujillo, H.², Bárcena Gama, R.¹, Mendoza Martínez, G.D.², Cobos Peralta, M.A.¹ Transcriptional thermoregulation of the ectD gene, encoding the ectoine hydroxylase of Chromohalobacter salexigens Reina-Bueno, M., Argandoña, M., García-Estepa, Vargas, C., Nieto, J.J. Novel iron reducing siderophores produced by a soda lake Halomonas sp. Richards, A.M., Peyton, B.M. Identification of Great Salt Lake Microbes Associated with the Brine Shrimp, Artemia franciscana Riddle, M.¹,Baxter, B.¹, Avery, B.¹ Towards the over-production of the stress protectant hydroxyectoine in Chromohalobacter salexigens Rodríguez-Moya, J., Argandoña, M., Nieto, J.J., Vargas, C. Hypersaline lakes of Iran: Microbial diversity and physico-chemical features Rohban R.¹ Amoozegar M.A.², Zahraei Sh.², Babavalian fard, H.³ Metagenomic approach to the study of halophages: the environmental halophage 1 (EHP-1) Santos, F.¹, Meyerdierks, A.², Peña, A.¹, Rosselló-Mora, R.³, Amann, R.², Antón, J.¹ *Thermal analysis of morphological changes on Haloarcula japonica, triangular extremely halophilic archaeaon* Takashina, T.¹, Akiyama, Y.², Kawai, Y.² The effect of UV radiation on survival of halophilic/halotolerant black yeasts from solar salterns Turk, M., Kogej, T., Voglar, T., Gunde-Cimerman, N. *Molecular characterization of the haloprotease CP1, an extracellular enzyme produced by Pseudoalteromonas ruthenica* CP76** Sánchez-Porro,C., Mellado,E., Ventosa, A. Reconstitution and characterization of a [2Fe-2S] cluster Rieske protein from Haloferax mediterranei Zafrilla, B., Martínez-Espinosa, R.M., Esclapez, J, Bonete, M.J.

Halovirus SH1: adsorption to the host