<p>1. Helge Larsen (1922-2005) and his contributions to the study of halophilic microorganisms</p><p>Aharon Oren, Antonio Ventosa and Yanhe Ma<sup> </sup></p><p>2. The halophilic world of Lourens Baas Becking</p><p>Aharon Oren</p><p>3. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biotechnological interest of the family Halomonadaceae</p><p>Rafael R. de la Haba, Cristina Sánchez-Porro and Antonio Ventosa</p><p>4. The hypersaline lakes of Inner Mongolia – the MGAtech project</p><p>William D. Grant, Eulyn Pagaling, M. Carmen Márquez, M. Carmen Gutiérrez, Don A. Cowan, Yanhe Ma, Brian E. Jones, Antonio Ventosa and Shaun Heaphy<sup></p><p>5. From genomics to microevolution and ecology: the case of Salinibacter ruber</p><p>Arantxa Peña, Hanno Teeling, Jaime Huerta-Cepas, Fernando Santos, Inmaculada Meseguer, Marianna Lucio, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Joaquín Dopazo, Ramon Rosselló-Móra, Margarete Schüler, Frank Oliver Glöckner, Rudolf Amann, Toni Gabaldón and Josefa Antón</p><p>6. Impact of lipidomics on the microbial world of hypersaline environments</p><p>Patrizia Lopalco, Simona Lobasso, Maristella Baronio, Roberto Angelini and Angela Corcelli</p><p>7. Molecular mechanisms of adaptations to high salt concentration in the extremely halotolerant black yeast Hortaea werneckii </p><p>Ana Plemenitaš and Nina Gunde-Cimerman</p><p>8. Viruses from the hypersaline environment</p><p>Elina Roine and Hanna M. Oksanen</p><p>9. Haloviruses of Great Salt Lake: a model for understanding viral diversity</p><p>Bonnie K. Baxter, Mihnea R. Mangalea, Smaranda Willcox, Shereen Sabet, Miriam-Nirvana Nagoulat and Jack D. Griffith </p><p>10. Initiation and regulation of translation in halophilic Archaea</p><p>Jörg Soppa</p><p>11. Protein transport into and across haloarchaeal cytoplasmic membranes</p><p>Kieran Dilks, Maria Ines Gimenez, Manuela Tripepi and Mecky Pohlschröder </p><p>12. Salty and sweet – Protein glycosylation in Haloferax volcanii</p><p>Jerry Eichler, Doron Calo, Lina Kaminski, Lina Kandiba, Zvia Konrad, Hilla Magidovich, Shai Naparstek and Sophie Yurist-Doutsch</p><p>13. Effect of anoxic conditions and temperature on gas vesicle formation in Halobacterium salinarum</p><p>Felicitas Pfeifer, Regina Frommherz, Karin Faist, Torsten Hechler, Katharina Teufel and Larissa Marschaus</p><p>14. Halophiles exposed concomitantly to multiple stressors: adaptive mechanisms of halophilic alkalithermophiles</p><p>Noha M. Mesbah and Juergen Wiegel<sup></p><p>15. Cellular adjustments of Bacillus subtilis and other Bacilli to fluctuating salinities </p><p>Marco Pittelkow and Erhard Bremer<sup></p><p>16. The nature and function of carotenoids in the moderately halophilic bacterium Halobacillus halophilus</p><p>Saskia Köcher and Volker Müller</p><p>17. Xanthorhodopsin</p><p>Janos K. Lanyi and Sergei P. Balashov</p><p>18. Enzymatic biomass degradation by halophilic microorganisms</p><p>Matthew B. Begemann, Melanie R. Mormile,<sup> </sup>Varun G. Paul and Daniel J. Vidt </p><p>19. Enzymes from halophilic Archaea: open questions</p><p>María José Bonete and Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa</p><p>20. A short history of the symposia on halophilic microorganisms: from Rehovot 1978 to Beijing 2010</p><p>Aharon Oren</p>
