Life in extreme environments: microbial diversity in Great Salt Lake, Utah

Extremophiles ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 525-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Loubna Tazi ◽  
Donald P. Breakwell ◽  
Alan R. Harker ◽  
Keith A. Crandall
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Diversity ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Great Salt Lake ◽  
Extreme Environments

scholarly journals Viruses and Their Interactions With Bacteria and Archaea of Hypersaline Great Salt Lake

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishav Bhattarai ◽  
Ananda S. Bhattacharjee ◽  
Felipe H. Coutinho ◽  
Ramesh K. Goel
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Fixation ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Salinity Gradient ◽  
Nutrient Recycling ◽  
Great Salt Lake ◽  
Extreme Environments ◽  
Nitrogen And Phosphorus ◽  
Metabolic Genes ◽  
Host Mortality ◽  
Auxiliary Metabolic Genes

Viruses play vital biogeochemical and ecological roles by (a) expressing auxiliary metabolic genes during infection, (b) enhancing the lateral transfer of host genes, and (c) inducing host mortality. Even in harsh and extreme environments, viruses are major players in carbon and nutrient recycling from organic matter. However, there is much that we do not yet understand about viruses and the processes mediated by them in the extreme environments such as hypersaline habitats. The Great Salt Lake (GSL) in Utah, United States is a hypersaline ecosystem where the biogeochemical role of viruses is poorly understood. This study elucidates the diversity of viruses and describes virus–host interactions in GSL sediments along a salinity gradient. The GSL sediment virosphere consisted of Haloviruses (32.07 ± 19.33%) and members of families Siphoviridae (39.12 ± 19.8%), Myoviridae (13.7 ± 6.6%), and Podoviridae (5.43 ± 0.64%). Our results demonstrate that salinity alongside the concentration of organic carbon and inorganic nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) governs the viral, bacteria, and archaeal diversity in this habitat. Computational host predictions for the GSL viruses revealed a wide host range with a dominance of viruses that infect Proteobacteria, Actinobacteria, and Firmicutes. Identification of auxiliary metabolic genes for photosynthesis (psbA), carbon fixation (rbcL, cbbL), formaldehyde assimilation (SHMT), and nitric oxide reduction (NorQ) shed light on the roles played by GSL viruses in biogeochemical cycles of global relevance.

scholarly journals Temporal Study of the Microbial Diversity of the North Arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S.

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Swati Almeida-Dalmet ◽  
Masoumeh Sikaroodi ◽  
Patrick Gillevet ◽  
Carol Litchfield ◽  
Bonnie Baxter
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Diversity ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Great Salt Lake ◽  
The North ◽  
Temporal Study

Microbial Diversity of Great Salt Lake

2005 ◽  
pp. 9-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie K. Baxter ◽  
Carol D. Litchfield ◽  
Kevin Sowers ◽  
Jack D. Griffith ◽  
Priya Arora Dassarma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Diversity ◽  
Salt Lake ◽  
Great Salt Lake

Bibliographic notes on H. Stansbury's Exploration and survey of …/ Expedition to the valley of the Great Salt Lake

2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. J. Dorr ◽  
D. H. Nicolson ◽  
L. K. Overstreet
Keyword(s):  
Salt Lake ◽  
Great Salt Lake ◽  
Title Page ◽  
Classic Work ◽  
Us Government ◽  
Multiple Issues ◽  
Title Pages

Howard Stansbury's classic work is bibliographically complex, with two true editions as well as multiple issues of the first edition. The first edition was printed in Philadelphia; its 487 stereotyped pages were issued in 1852 under two different titles with three variant title-pages (an official US government issue and two trade issues). A second edition was printed in Washington in 1853 and had 495 typeset pages (with corrections and additions in the appendices). The issue of 1855 is identical to the 1852 trade issue, except for the change of the date on the title-page. Each issue and edition, with its bindings and plates, is described.

The continued rise of Great Salt Lake, Utah

1985 ◽  
pp. 97-98
Author(s):  
Ted Arnow
Keyword(s):  
Salt Lake ◽  
Great Salt Lake

Selected hydrologic data from wells in the East Shore area of the Great Salt Lake, Utah, 1985

1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald G. Plantz ◽  
Cynthia L. Appel ◽  
David W. Clark ◽  
Patrick M. Lambert ◽  
Robert L. Puryear
Keyword(s):  
Salt Lake ◽  
Great Salt Lake ◽  
Hydrologic Data

Estimation of selenium loads entering the south arm of Great Salt Lake, Utah, from May 2006 through March 2008

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Naftz ◽  
William P. Johnson ◽  
Michael L. Freeman ◽  
Kimberly Beisner ◽  
Ximena Diaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Salt Lake ◽  
Great Salt Lake ◽  
The South
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