Can you recommend some books about halophilic bacteria ?

19 July 2022 1 1K Report

Hello everyone,

I've never worked on halophilic bacteria, so if you can please recommend some interesting books/review articles that you've read about this subject.

Thanks a lot.

Mehdi Golzar Ahmadi

These are some of the best books you can find to get info on halophiles:

https://link.springer.com/referencework/10.1007/978-4-431-53898-1

https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Extremophiles%3A+Microbial+Life+in+Extreme+Environments-p-9780471026181

Chapter Growth and Metabolism of Extremophilic Microorganisms

https://www.amazon.ca/Encyclopedia-Microbiology-Anne-Maczulak/dp/0816073643

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