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Microbial Communities in the Dead Sea — Past, Present and Future

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Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya

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  1. The Institute of Life Sciences, and the Moshe Shilo Minerva Center for Marine Biogeochemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Jerusalem, Israel

    Aharon Oren

  2. Geological Survey of Israel, 30 Malkhei Yisrael St., 95501, Jerusalem, Israel

    Ittai Gavrieli

  3. IMI (TAMI) Institute for Research and Development, PO Box 10140, 26111, Haifa Bay, Israel

    Jonah Gavrieli

  4. Dead Sea Works Ltd., P.O.B. 75, 84100, Beer-Sheva, Israel

    Marco Kohen, Joseph Lati & Mordehay Aharoni

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Oren, A., Gavrieli, I., Gavrieli, J., Kohen, M., Lati, J., Aharoni, M. (2005). Microbial Communities in the Dead Sea — Past, Present and Future. In: Gunde-Cimerman, N., Oren, A., Plemenitaš, A. (eds) Adaptation to Life at High Salt Concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3633-7_3

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