Proceedings from the 11th Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms Halophiles 2016
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2016) | Viewed by 51878
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Interests: microbiology; microbial physiology and genetics; taxonomy; microbial life in extreme environments; metagenomics
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Interests: microbial life in extreme environments; halophiles; prokaryote; taxonomy and nomenclature
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Interests: halophiles; halophilic archaea; halophilic bacteria; hypersaline habitats; comparative genomics; phylogenomics; molecular systematics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Halophilic microorganisms have been a subject of study for many years due to their interesting genetics and physiology. On behalf of the International and Local Organizing Committees it is with great pleasure that we invite you to the 11th Conference on Halophilic Microorganisms “Halophiles 2016” (http://www.halophiles2016.org/). The meeting will be held in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 22 May to 27 May 2016. We hope you will be enriched by the scientific contributions and also enjoy the wonderful people, history, and the tropical environment that the Island of Puerto Rico has to offer.
The meeting will have different sessions in which invited speakers will discuss different aspects and recent findings of halophiles, such as Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya and viruses. Sessions will cover topics on Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Biodiversity, Ecology, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Genomics, and Biotechnology. We encourage you to submit abstracts for poster presentation. Additionally, there will be a joint meeting of the ICSP-Subcommittees on the taxonomy of the Halobacteriaceae and Halomonadaceae.
I am delighted to welcome you to Puerto Rico! I really hope to see you in May 2016.
Participants in the conference are cordially invited to contribute original research papers or reviews to this Special Issue of Life.
Prof. Dr. Rafael Montalvo-Rodríguez
Prof. Dr. Aharon Oren
Prof. Dr. Antonio Ventosa
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