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Introduction
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Further
Resources
Many
resources are available on Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 and related
halophilic Archaea for students. Reviews and primary articles written by the
DasSarma laboratory include the following:
Popular
stories (selection)
- CBS, Researchers
Study Organism’s Survival Secrets For Possible Life On Mars March
14, 2013
- MIT Technology Review, Rewriting
Life: Martian Life Could be a Biotech Bonanza, October 2, 2015
- The Hindu, Sepsis
fight gets smarter, cheaper, September 25, 2016
- PBS Eons, When The Earth Was
Purple, October 2017, Viewed by ~1.3 million on YouTube
- Indiana Public Media, Moment of Science, The
Purple Planet, May 9, 2017
- University of Maryland Baltimore News, How
Microbes Thrive in Harsh Environments, January 3, 2018
- AAAS Science Update, Why
are Plants Green?, January 24, 2018
- Astrobiology Magazine, How
Stratospheric Life is Teaching Us About the Possibility of Extreme Life
on Other Worlds, May 24, 2018
- Treehugger, Earth
was probably purple billions of years ago, says NASA, January 2019
- NKH Cosmic
Front NEXT, Japanese national public television program, May 2019
- Real Clear Science, Why
the early Earth may have been mostly purple, June 2020
Reviews
Astrobiology
- DasSarma, P., V.J. Laye, J.
Harvey, C. Reid, J. Shultz, A. Yarborough, A. Lamb, A. Koske-Phillips, A. Herbst,
F. Molina, O. Grah, T. Phillips, and S.
DasSarma. 2016. Survival
of halophilic Archaea in Earth’s cold stratosphere. International
Journal of Astrobiology, 16: 321-327.
- Laye V.J. and S. DasSarma. 2018. An
Antarctic Extreme Halophile and Its Polyextremophilic Enzyme: Effects of
Perchlorate Salts. Astrobiology 18:412-418 (Press release,
Astrobiology News).
- Schwieterman, E.W., N.Y. Kiang, M.N. Parenteau,
C.E. Harman, S. DasSarma, T.M. Fisher, G.N. Arney,
H.E. Hartnett, C.T. Reinhard, S.L. Olson, V.S.
Meadows, C.S. Cockell, S.I. Walker, J.L.
Grenfell, S. Hegde, S. Rugheimer,
R. Hu, and T.W. Lyons. 2018. Exoplanet
Biosignatures: A Review of Remotely Detectable Signs of Life.
Astrobiology, 18:663-708.
- Meadows, V.S., C.T, Reinhard,
G.N., Arney, M.N., Parenteau,
E.W., Schwieterman, S.D., Domagal-Goldman,
A.P., Lincowski, K.R., Stapelfeldt,
H., Rauer, S., DasSarma, S., Hegde, N., Narita, R., Deitrick,
J., Lustig-Yaeger, T.W., Lyons, N., Siegler, and J.L. Grenfell, 2018. Exoplanet
Biosignatures: Understanding Oxygen as a Biosignature in the Context of
Its Environment. Astrobiology 18:630-662.
- Catling, D.C., J. Krissansen-Totton,
N.Y. Kiang, D. Crisp, T.D. Robinson, S. DasSarma, A.J. Rushby, A. Del Genio, W. Bains, and S. Domagal-Goldman.
2018. A
Framework for assessing exoplanet Biosignatures. Astrobiology
18:709-738
- Walker, S., W. Bains, L. Cronin,
S. DasSarma, S. Danielache, S. Domagal-Goldman, B. Kacar,
N.Y. Kiang, A. Lenardic, C.T. Reinhard, W. Moore, E.W. Schwieterman, E.L. Shkolnik, and H.B. Smith. 2018. Exoplanet
Biosignatures: Future Directions. Astrobiology 18:779-824
- DasSarma, S. and E.W. Schwieterman. 2018. Early
evolution of purple retinal pigments on Earth and implications for
exoplanet biosignatures. International Journal of Astrobiology
(Cambridge University Press) 1-10.
- DasSarma, P., A. Antunes, M.F. Simőes,
and S. DasSarma. 2020. Earth's Stratosphere
and Microbial Life. Current Issues in Molecular Biology 38:197-244.
- Carrier B.L., D.W. Beaty, M.A.
Meyer, J.G. Blank, L. Chou, S. DasSarma, D.J. Des Marais, J.L. Eigenbrode, N. Grefenstette,
N.L. Lanza, A.C. Schuerger,
P. Schwendner, H.D. Smith, C.R. Stoker, J.D. Tarnas, K.D. Webster, C. Bakermans,
B.K. Baxter, M.S. Bell, S.A. Benner, Bolivar H.H. Torres, P.J. Boston,
R. Bruner, B.C. Clark, P. DasSarma, A.E. Engelhart,
Z.E. Gallegos, Z.K. Garvin, P.J. Gasda, J.H.
Green, R.L. Harris, M.E. Hoffman, T. Kieft,
A.H.D. Koeppel, P.A. Lee, X. Li, K.L. Lynch,
R. Mackelprang, P.R. Mahaffy,
Matthies L.H., Nellessen
M.A., Newsom H.E., Northup D.E., O'Connor B.R.W., S.M. Perl, R.C. Quinn,
L.A. Rowe, B. Sauterey, M.A. Schneegurt, D. Schulze-Makuch,
L.A. Scuderi, M.N. Spilde,
V. Stamenkovic, J.A. Torres Celis, D. Viola, B.D. Wade, C.J. Walker, R.C. Wiens, A.J. Williams, J.M. Williams, and J. Xu. 2020. Mars
Extant Life: What's Next? Conference Report. Astrobiology
20:785-814.
Genomics
- Anderson, I.J., P. DasSarma, S. Lucas, A. Copeland, A. Lapidus, T.G. Del Rio, H. Tice, E. Dalin, D.C. Bruce, L. Goodwin, S. Pitluck, D. Sims, T.S. Brettin,
J.C. Detter, C.S. Han, F. Larimer, L. Hauser,
M. Land. N. Ivanova, P. Richardson, R. Cavicchioli, S. DasSarma, C.R. Woese,
and N.C. Kyrpides. 2016. Complete genome
sequence of the Antarctic Halorubrum lacusprofundi
type strain ACAM 34. Standards in Genomic Sciences 11:70.
- Martinez, F.L., B.P. Anton, P. DasSarma, V. Rajal, V. Irazusta, R.J.
Roberts, and S. DasSarma. 2019. Complete Genome
Sequence and Methylome Analysis of Micrococcus
luteus SA211, a Halophilic, Lithium-Tolerant
Actinobacterium from Argentina.
Microbiology Resource Announcements 8:e01557-18.
- DasSarma, P., Anton, B.P., S.L. DasSarma, V.J. Laye, D. Guzman, R.J. Roberts, and S. DasSarma.
2019. Genome
Sequence and Methylation Patterns of Halorubrum sp. Strain
BOL3-1, the First Haloarchaeon Isolated and Cultured from Salar de
Uyuni, Bolivia. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8:e00386-19.
- DasSarma, S., A. Fomenkov, S.L.
DasSarma, T. Vincze, P. DasSarma, and R.J.
Roberts. 2019. Methylomes
of Two Extremely Halophilic Archaea Species, Haloarcula marismortui and Haloferax mediterranei. Microbiology Resource
Announcements 8:e00577-19.
- DasSarma, P., B. P. Anton, S.L. DasSarma, F.L. Martinez, D.
Guzman, R.J. Roberts, and S. DasSarma. 2019. Genome Sequences and
Methylation Patterns of Natrinema versiforme BOL5-4
and Natrinema
pallidum BOL6-1, Two Extremely Halophilic Archaea
from a Bolivian salt mine. Microbiology Resource Announcements
8:e00810-19.
- Anton B.P., P. DasSarma, F.L. Martinez, S.L. DasSarma, M.
Al Madadha, R.J. Roberts, and S. DasSarma.
2020. Genome
Sequence of Salarchaeum sp. Strain
JOR-1, an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon from the Dead Sea.
Microbiology Resource Announcements 9(5):e01505-19.
- DasSarma, P., M.D. Capes, and S. DasSarma. 2019. Comparative
Genomics of Halobacterium Strains from
Diverse Locations. In Microbial Diversity in the Genomic Era. 1st
Edition, pp. 285-322, Academic Press.
- DasSarma, P., Anton, B.P., DasSarma, S.L., von Ehrenheim,
H.A.L., Martinez, F.L., Guzmán, D., Roberts,
R.J., and S. DasSarma. 2021. Genome Sequence
and Methylation Pattern of Haloterrigena
salifodinae BOL5-1, an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon from a Bolivian
Salt Mine. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(18):e00275-21.
- DasSarma, P., Anton, B.P., von Ehrenheim, H.A.L., Roberts,
R.J., and S. DasSarma. 2021. Complete Genome
Sequence of an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon from Great Salt Lake, Halobacterium sp. GSL-19.
Microbiology Resources Announcements. 10(28):e00520-21.
- Fomenkov, A., DasSarma, P., Kennedy, S.P., Roberts, R.J., and S.
DasSarma. 2021. Complete Genome
and Methylome Analysis of the Box-Shaped
Halophilic Archaeon Haloarcula sinaiiensis ATCC 33800. Microbiology
Resources Announcements, 10(34):e0061921.
- DasSarma, P., Anton, B.P., Ehrenheim, H.A.L., Martínez, F.L., Guzmán,
D., Roberts, R.J., and S. DasSarma. 2021. Genome sequence
of Halobacterium sp. BOL4-2
isolated and cultured from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. Microbiology
Resource Announcements 10(48):e01045-21.
Biotechnology
- Dutta, S., P. DasSarma, S. DasSarma, and G.K. Jarori. 2015. Immunogenicity and
protective potential of a Plasmodium spp. enolase peptide displayed on archaeal gas vesicle
nanoparticles. Malaria Journal 14:406.
- DasSarma, P., R. Karan, J-M. Kim, W. Pecher,
and S. DasSarma. 2016. Bioengineering
novel floating nanoparticles for protein and drug delivery.
Materials Today: Proceedings 3:206-210.
- Balakrishnan, A., P. DasSarma, O. Bhattacharjee,
J.M. Kim, S. DasSarma, and D. Chakravortty.
2016. Halobacterial nano vesicles displaying murine
bactericidal permeability-increasing protein rescue mice from lethal endotoxic shock. Scientific Reports 6:33679.
- Andar A.U., R. Karan, W.T. Pecher, P.
DasSarma, W.D. Hedrich, A.L. Stinchcomb, and S. DasSarma. 2017. Microneedle-Assisted Skin Permeation by Nontoxic
Bioengineerable Gas Vesicle Nanoparticles. Molecular Pharmaceutics
14:953-958.
- Laye V.J., R. Karan, J.M. Kim, W.T. Pecher,
P. DasSarma, and S. DasSarma. 2017. Key amino acid
residues conferring enhanced enzyme activity at cold temperatures in an
Antarctic polyextremophilic β-galactosidase. Proc. Natl. Acad.
Sci. U S A. 114:12530-12535.
- Vogler M., R. Karan, D. Renn, A. Vancea, M.T. Vielberg,
S.W. Grötzinger, P. DasSarma, S. DasSarma, J. Eppinger, M. Groll, and M.
Rueping. 2020. Crystal Structure and
Active Site Engineering of a Halophilic
γ-Carbonic Anhydrase. Frontiers in
Microbiology 11:742.
Physiology
and Ecology
- Müller, W.J., M.S. Smith, E. van Heerden,
M.D. Capes, and S. DasSarma. 2018. Complex Effects of Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase
on Purple Membrane and Bacterioruberin Production in an Extremely
Halophilic Archaeon: Genetic, Phenotypic, and Transcriptomic Analyses.
Frontiers in Microbiology 9:2563.
- Kunka K.S., J.M. Griffith, C. Holdener,
K.M. Bischof, H. Li, P. DasSarma, S. DasSarma,
and J.L. Slonczewski. 2020. Acid Experimental
Evolution of the Haloarchaeon Halobacterium sp. NRC-1
Selects Mutations Affecting Arginine Transport and Catabolism.
Frontiers in Microbiology 11:535.
- Larson, R., J. Eilers, K. Kreuz, W.T. Pecher, S.
DasSarma, and S. Dougill. 2016. Recent Desiccation-Related
Ecosystem Changes at Lake Abert, Oregon: A Terminal
Alkaline Salt Lake. Western North American Naturalist, 76:389-404.
- Pecher W.T., F.L. Martínez P. DasSarma
D. Guzmán and S. DasSarma. 2020. 16S rRNA Gene Diversity in Ancient Gray and Pink Salt
from San Simón Salt Mines in Tarija, Bolivia.
Microbiology Resource Announcements 9:e00820-20.
- Cycil, L.M., F. Hasan, S. DasSarma, W.
Pecher, R. McDonald, and M.A. Salam. 2020. Metagenomic
and culture-dependent insight into the diversity of halophilic
microorganisms indigenous to the Karak salt
mine, Pakistan. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:1567.
- Pecher W.T., F.L. Martínez, P.
DasSarma, D. Guzmán, and S. DasSarma. 2020. 16S rRNA Gene Diversity in the Salt Crust of Salar de
Uyuni, Bolivia, the World's Largest Salt Flat. Microbiology Resource
Announcements 9:e00374-20.
- Pecher, W.T., M.E. Al Madadha, P.
DasSarma, F. Ekulona, E.J. Schott, K. Crowe,
B.G. Stojkovic, and S. DasSarma. 2019. Effects
of road salt on microbial communities: halophiles as biomarkers of road
salt pollution. PLOS One 14:e0221355.
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