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Diversity of moderately halophilic bacteria associated with the soil of the black mangrove, Avicennia germinans
(2011)
Mangroves are complex ecosystems that contribute the coast environment by maintaining
terrestrial and marine food chains, among others. Black mangrove, Avicennia germinans, on
which this study is centered, predominates ...
Phylogenetic and taxonomical characterization of microbial populations putatively capable of autotrophic ammonia oxidation from marine, saline and hypersaline environments at the Cabo Rojo Salterns, Puerto Rico
(2016)
Autotrophic ammonia oxidation has been studied over the years and several enzymes involved in this metabolism have been identified. This metabolism has been detected in several environments, but there are no reports of it ...
Fungal diversity present at a hypersaline environment in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, determined by characterization of isolates and analysis of environmental rRNA genes clones libraries
(2006)
Solar salterns are a thalassohaline environment where sea water is evaporated to obtain salt for commercial purposes. The prokaryotic diversity on these places has been extensively studied world wide. However, there are ...
A survey of halophilic aerobic prokaryotes associated to the leaf surface of Avicennia germinans at the Solar Salterns of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
(2007)
Mangroves represent the major component of coastal marine-lagoon ecosystems
in the tropics. In the Caribbean, Avicennia germinans (black mangrove) is one of the
dominant plant species within this ecosystem. In Puerto ...
Consequences of invasive grass removal on above and below ground ecosystem dynamics within abandoned agricultural land in the Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico
(2014)
In the tropics, abandoned pasturelands often remain in an arrested state of succession due to non-native grass invasions. Initial restoration approaches often focus on the direct removal of these species. To test if invasive ...
Diversity of the Cabo Rojo solar salterns utilizing culture-dependent methods and description of two novel species
(2017)
Archaea compose the third domain of life and are most notable for the ability of some to thrive in extreme environments, such environment is that of high salinity. This project focused on the culturable haloarchaeal diversity ...
Partial purification of agarases from halophilic microorganisms isolated from marine and hypersaline environments in Puerto Rico
(2017)
Las agarasas son enzimas que son capaces de catalizar la hidrólisis de agar. Se clasifican en dos grupos, que son α-agarasa y β-agarasa, de acuerdo con el patrón de escisión. Varias agarasas se han aislado de diferentes ...
Analysis of the metabolic and microbial diversity of the solar salterns in Cabo Rojo using metagenomics
(2018-05)
The Cabo Rojo solar salterns is a hypersaline environment located in a tropical climate.
Conditions in these environments remain stable throughout the year and therefore allow for
the establishment of steady microbial ...
Microbial diversity of halotolerant and halophilic endophytes from the mangrove Avicennia germinans located at the solar salterns of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
(2018-12-02)
The relationship between plants and their environment has been described as a continuum, in which changes of a variable may have an effect on another. Ecological shifts in temperature, humidity, and soil chemistry can alter ...
Physiological and transcriptome-based profile of glycosyl hydrolases from the Halophilic archaeon Halogeometricum borinquense
(2017)
Since the discovery of the Archaea domain, a lot of interest has been given to study regulation of gene expression in these microorganisms. However, few reports are available that provides knowledge about how essential ...