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Haloviruses and Their Hosts

Recent progress in the cultivation of haloarchaea, including square haloarchaea of Walsby, and the isolation of novel haloarchaeal viruses

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

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Dyall-Smith, M.L., Burns, D.G., Camakaris, H.M., Janssen, P.H., Russ, B.E., Porter, K. (2005). Haloviruses and Their Hosts. 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_35

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