Biodiversity of poly-extremophilic Bacteria Does combining the extremes of high salt, alkaline pH and elevated temperature approach a physico-chemical boundary for life.docVIP

Saline Systems BioMedCentral Review Open Access Biodiversity of poly-extremophilic Bacteria: Does combining the extremes of high salt, alkaline pH and elevated temperature approach a physico-chemical boundary for life? Karen J Bowers, Noha M Mesbah and Juergen Wiegel* Address: Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA Email: Karen J Bowers - kjbowers@; Noha M Mesbah - n.mesbah@.eg; Juergen Wiegel* - jwiegel@ * Corresponding author Published: 23 November 2009 Received: 6 May 2009 Accepted: 23 November 2009 Saline Systems 2009, 5:9 doi:10.1186/1746-1448-5-9 This ar