New research opportunities in extreme saline environments of the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea: From biotechnology to astrobiology

Yang He; Júnia Schultz; Marta F. Simões; Vigneshwaran Krishnamoorthi; Alexandre S. Rosado; Dimitra Atri; André Antunes

doi:10.1201/9781003321408-37

New research opportunities in extreme saline environments of the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea: From biotechnology to astrobiology

Yang He, Júnia Schultz, Marta F. Simões, Vigneshwaran Krishnamoorthi, Alexandre S. Rosado, Dimitra Atri, André Antunes

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The unique setting of the Arabian Peninsula leads to a high number of extreme saline environments, particularly associated with the coasts of the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea and further inland (sabkhas), as well as the borders of the Arabian tectonic plate (deep-sea brines). These locations remain underexplored yet provide exciting new opportunities at the forefront of microbiology research, ranging from biotechnology to astrobiology. This chapter provides an overview of these environments, their microbial communities and some of the first results from new research opportunities in these fields.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula
Publisher	CRC Press
Pages	307-317
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781040048030
ISBN (Print)	9781032342948
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003321408-37
State	Published - Jan 1 2024

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General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Engineering
General Business, Management and Accounting
General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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He, Y., Schultz, J., Simões, M. F., Krishnamoorthi, V., Rosado, A. S., Atri, D., & Antunes, A. (2024). New research opportunities in extreme saline environments of the Arabian Gulf and the Red Sea: From biotechnology to astrobiology. In Oceanographic and Marine Environmental Studies around the Arabian Peninsula (pp. 307-317). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003321408-37

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