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Abstract— Haloarcula marismortui is one of the few
halophilic microorganisms from the Archaea domain to have
been thoroughly studied. This microorganism has been
considered as a model for many researcher groups to
understand how it is able to proliferate at extremely high salt
concentration. Such studies include the purification of the first
haloarchaeal enzyme, the estimation of intracellular salt
concentrations, the first crystal structure for haloarchaeal
ribosome, the sequencing of the second haloarchaeal genome,
the sizeable (4.27 Mb) and incredibly complex genome
architecture, consisting of nine replicons, and many more
examples that continue to providing interest insight into this
microorganism. This review discusses and analyzes essential
publications concerning Haloarcula marismortui to be taken
account for future works with other halophilic microorganisms
and an additional effort is made to collect physiological
characteristics and biotechnological applications of this
organism. |
