One of the driest places on Earth, featuring unique rock formations, salt flats, and high-altitude geysers, resembling Martian landscapes. A vibrant hot spring known for its rainbow-colored bands ...

Syntrophy played a key role in the evolution of life, including the hypothesized origin of eukaryotes. In a recent exploration of the microbial mats within the exceptional and uniquely extreme Cuatro ...

Samples were collected from the Karak salt range, Kohat, KPK. The soil was collected and preserved in the sterilized bags at 4 °C till further analyses. Serial dilution was performed for the isolation ...

These two examples clearly illustrate the key influence of acidic amino acid enrichment in halophilic protein on the water organization at their surface; either through direct impacts or via ...