Extremophilic organisms are organisms that can survive exremities that are detrimental for other forms of life. Here is a presentation that discuss such microorganisms in detail
Halophiles (Introduction, Adaptations, Applications)Jamil Ahmad
Introduction
Halophiles are organisms that thrive in high salt concentrations.
They are a type of extremophile organisms. The name comes from the Greek word for "salt-loving".
While most halophiles are classified into the Archaea domain, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryota, such as the alga Dunaliella salina or fungus Wallemia ichthyophaga
Extremophilic organisms are organisms that can survive exremities that are detrimental for other forms of life. Here is a presentation that discuss such microorganisms in detail
Halophiles (Introduction, Adaptations, Applications)Jamil Ahmad
Introduction
Halophiles are organisms that thrive in high salt concentrations.
They are a type of extremophile organisms. The name comes from the Greek word for "salt-loving".
While most halophiles are classified into the Archaea domain, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryota, such as the alga Dunaliella salina or fungus Wallemia ichthyophaga
Air is not a natural environment for microorganisms. Microorganisms present in air are liberated from various other sources. These various sources include soil, water, plant and animal surfaces and human beings.
Extremophiles are a category of microorganisms which can tolerate extreme conditions and survive in it. This presentation contains only some of them like thermophiles, halophiles, psychrophiles etc.
Part 2 which included other extremophiles will be uploaded soon! Stay tuned, follow me. All the content is taken from internet and due to some problems i could not mention the references.
Bioleaching, or microbial ore leaching, is a process used to extract metals from their ores using bacterial micro-organisms.
The bacteria feed on nutrients in the minerals, causing the metal to separate from its ore.
The archaebacteria
group members
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Background
Biologists have long organized living things into large groups called kingdoms.
There are six of them:
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Some recent findings…
In 1996, scientists decided to split Monera into two groups of bacteria:
Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
Because these two groups of bacteria were different in many ways scientists created a new level of classification called a DOMAIN.
Now we have 3 domains
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya
KingdomArchaebacteria
Any of a large group of primitive bacteria having unusual cell walls, membrane lipids, ribosomes, and RNA sequences, and having the ability to produce methane and to live in anaerobic, extremely hot, salty, or acidic conditions
The Domain Archaea
“ancient” bacteria
Some of the first archaebacteria were discovered in Yellowstone National Park’s hot springs
Prokaryotes are structurally simple, but biochemically complex
Basic Facts
They live in extreme environments (like hot springs or salty lakes) and normal environments (like soil and ocean water).
All are unicellular (each individual is only one cell).
No peptidoglycan in their cell wall.
Some have a flagella that aids in their locomotion.
Most don’t need oxygen to survive
They can produce ATP (energy) from sunlight
They can survive enormous temperature extremes
They can survive under rocks and in ocean floor vents deep below the ocean’s surface
They can tolerate huge pressure differences
STRUCTURE
Size
Archaea are slightly less than 1 micron long.
A micron is 1/1,000 of a millimeter.
In order to see their cellular features, scientists use powerful electron microscopes.
Shape
Shapes can be spherical or ball shaped and are called coccus.
Others are rod shaped, long and thin, and labeled bacillus.
Variations of cells have been discovered in square and triangular shapes.
STRUCTURE
Locomotion
Some archaea have flagella, hair-like structures that assist in movement.
There can be one or many attached to the cell's outer membrane. Protein networks can also be found on the cell membrane, which allow cells to attach themselves in groups.
Cell Features
Within the cell membrane, the archaea cell contains cytoplasm and DNA, which are in single-looped forms called plasmids.
Most archaeal cells also have a semi-rigid cell wall that helps it to maintain its shape and chemical balance.
This protects the cytoplasm, which is the semi-liquid gel that fills the cell and enables the various parts to function.
STRUCTURE
Phospholipids
The molecules that make up cell membranes are called phospholipids, which act as building blocks for the cell.
In archaea, these molecules are made of glycerol-ether lipids.
Ether Bonding
The ether bonding makes it possible for archaea to survive in environments that are extremely acidic or al
Air is not a natural environment for microorganisms. Microorganisms present in air are liberated from various other sources. These various sources include soil, water, plant and animal surfaces and human beings.
Extremophiles are a category of microorganisms which can tolerate extreme conditions and survive in it. This presentation contains only some of them like thermophiles, halophiles, psychrophiles etc.
Part 2 which included other extremophiles will be uploaded soon! Stay tuned, follow me. All the content is taken from internet and due to some problems i could not mention the references.
Bioleaching, or microbial ore leaching, is a process used to extract metals from their ores using bacterial micro-organisms.
The bacteria feed on nutrients in the minerals, causing the metal to separate from its ore.
The archaebacteria
group members
Rameen nadeem
Syeda iqra hussain
Hina zamir
Mahnoor khan
Maleeha inayat
Background
Biologists have long organized living things into large groups called kingdoms.
There are six of them:
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Some recent findings…
In 1996, scientists decided to split Monera into two groups of bacteria:
Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
Because these two groups of bacteria were different in many ways scientists created a new level of classification called a DOMAIN.
Now we have 3 domains
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya
KingdomArchaebacteria
Any of a large group of primitive bacteria having unusual cell walls, membrane lipids, ribosomes, and RNA sequences, and having the ability to produce methane and to live in anaerobic, extremely hot, salty, or acidic conditions
The Domain Archaea
“ancient” bacteria
Some of the first archaebacteria were discovered in Yellowstone National Park’s hot springs
Prokaryotes are structurally simple, but biochemically complex
Basic Facts
They live in extreme environments (like hot springs or salty lakes) and normal environments (like soil and ocean water).
All are unicellular (each individual is only one cell).
No peptidoglycan in their cell wall.
Some have a flagella that aids in their locomotion.
Most don’t need oxygen to survive
They can produce ATP (energy) from sunlight
They can survive enormous temperature extremes
They can survive under rocks and in ocean floor vents deep below the ocean’s surface
They can tolerate huge pressure differences
STRUCTURE
Size
Archaea are slightly less than 1 micron long.
A micron is 1/1,000 of a millimeter.
In order to see their cellular features, scientists use powerful electron microscopes.
Shape
Shapes can be spherical or ball shaped and are called coccus.
Others are rod shaped, long and thin, and labeled bacillus.
Variations of cells have been discovered in square and triangular shapes.
STRUCTURE
Locomotion
Some archaea have flagella, hair-like structures that assist in movement.
There can be one or many attached to the cell's outer membrane. Protein networks can also be found on the cell membrane, which allow cells to attach themselves in groups.
Cell Features
Within the cell membrane, the archaea cell contains cytoplasm and DNA, which are in single-looped forms called plasmids.
Most archaeal cells also have a semi-rigid cell wall that helps it to maintain its shape and chemical balance.
This protects the cytoplasm, which is the semi-liquid gel that fills the cell and enables the various parts to function.
STRUCTURE
Phospholipids
The molecules that make up cell membranes are called phospholipids, which act as building blocks for the cell.
In archaea, these molecules are made of glycerol-ether lipids.
Ether Bonding
The ether bonding makes it possible for archaea to survive in environments that are extremely acidic or al
The word Archae came from the Greek word Arkhaion, which means “Ancient”.
Archae is also the Latin name for Prokaryotic Cells. Archaea that growing the hot water of the Hot Spring in Yellowstone National Park produce a bright yellow color.
Archaebacteria are known to be the oldest living organisms on earth. They belong to the kingdom Monera and are classified as bacteria because they resemble bacteria when observed under a microscope. Apart from this, they are completely distinct from prokaryotes. However, they share slightly common characteristics with the eukaryotes.
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2. 1)Introduction to Extreme Enviornments.
2)Types of extreme enviornments.
3)Occourence, Diversity, Adaptations of the following
a) Oligotrophs
b) Thermophiles
c) Psychrophiles
d) Barophiles
e) Organic solvent & radiation tollerants
f) Metallophiles
g) Acidophiles
h) Halophiles
4)References
4. • Alkaline
• Acidic
• Extremely cold
• Extremely hot
• Hypersaline
• Under pressure
• Radiation
• Without water
• Without oxygen
• Altered by humans
5. o The word "Oligotroph" Is a combination of the greek
adjective oligos meaning "Few" And the adjective
trophikos meaning "Feeding".
o An oligotroph offers very low levels of nutrients.
o Oligotrophs are characterized by slow growth, low rates
of metabolism.
o Oligotrophs have a large surface area to volume ratio.
o They inherent a resistance to environmental stresses.
o EXAMPLES:
• Sphingomonas sp.
• Cycloclasticus oligotrophicus
• Pelagibacter ubique
6. Deep oceanic sediments
Leached soils.
Caves
Glacial and polar ice
Deep subsurface soil
Aquifers
Ocean waters
7.
8. The word “THERMOPHILE" Is a combination of the greek adjective thermos
meaning “heat"And the adjective philes meaning “loving".
Most thermophiles are anaerobic and chemolithotrophs
Protein structures are stabilized by more H(hydrogen) and more Proline
They have Histone like proteins which stabilizes their DNA (Histone like proteins
that bind DNA have been identified in hyperthermophiles, and these may protect
DNA)
Their cell membrane have ETHER linkage.
Hyperthermophiles have a reverse gyrase, a type 1 DNA topoisomerase that
causes positive supercoiling and therefore, stabilize the DNA.
EXAMPLES:
• Pyroccus abyssi • Thermus aquaticus
• Bacillus stearothermophilus • Pyrococcus abyssi
• Pyrolobus fumarii •Thermoplasma acidophilum
9. Sun-heated soils
Hot springs
Submarine hydrothermal vents
Geothermally heated oil reserves and oil wells.
Various geothermally heated regions of the earth,
such as hot springs like those in yellow-stone
national park the diversity of bacteria of a hot
spring in bukreshwar (west bengal, india) is also a
home of thermophile.
10.
11. The word “PSYCHROPHILE" Is a combination of the greek adjective psychros meaning
“cold" And the adjective philes meaning “loving".
Psychrophilic (also known as cryophiles )are microorganisms that grow in cold
environments
These organisms are capable to grow and reproduce in low temperatures, ranging from
−20 °C to +10 °C
They are members in the domain Archaea
Adaptation:- Psychrophiles are protected from freezing and the expansion of ice by ice-
induced desiccation and vitrification (glass transition), as long as they cool slowly.
Antifreeze proteins are also synthesized to keep psychrophiles internal space liquid, and
to protect their DNA when temperatures drop below water's freezing point. By doing so,
the protein prevents any ice formation or recrystallization process from occurring.
Have a high content of short, unsaturated fatty acids. Compared to longer saturated
fatty acids, incorporating this type of fatty acid allows for the lipid cell membrane to have
a lower melting point, which increases the fluidity of the membranes.
Carotenoids are present in the membrane, which help modulate the fluidity of it.
EXAMPLES:
• Methanococcoides burtonii • Psychrobacter immobilis
12. Cold deserts (antarctica) dryness and drastic variation in temperature (-55 to 15°c)
water availability is a problem, high uv irradiation.
Endolithic communities: Algae, pigmented bacteria micrococcus, deinococcus,
yeast cryptococcus and cyanobacteria desiccation resistant, wind dispersion.
Sea ice :-major habitat for microorganisms in artic and antarctic marine
ecosystems (-35°c to -2°c).
Sea ice microbial community (simco), ice algae (diatoms) proteobacteria,
flavobacteria/cytophaga/bacteroides gram positive: Planococcus, arthrobacter
archaea psychromonas ingrahamii can grow at –12°c with a generation time of
240h.
Permafrost sediments (permanently frozen sediments)
Cold cave sediments
Sediments of glaciers
Deep sea (1.5 to 11 km mariana trench) in Siberia
Man-made environments :-Industrialized production of food, refrigeration
13.
14. Also known PIEZOPHILES.
The word “PIEZOPHILES" Is a combination of the greek adjective piezo meaning
“pressure" And the adjective philes meaning “loving".
Barophile is a bacterium which prefers to grow or exclusively grows at
moderately high hydrostatic pressures.
Barophiles are a type of an extremophile. An example of a high-pressure habitat is
the deep-sea environment.
Enzymes produced by barophilic bacteria can function at high pressure.
Barophiles are extremely sensitive to uv light and therefore, require dark or light-
reduced environment, as prevails in the deep sea, for growth.
The high pressure decreases the ability of the subunits of multimeric proteins to
interact.
EXAMPLES:
•Thermococcus piezophilus •Alteromonas sp. •Methanopyrus
kandleri
• Geobacillus sp. • Shewanella sp.
15. Deep-sea environment i.e ocean floors
Dee lakes where the pressure can exceed 380 atm
Pseudomonas found in MarianaTrench
Lives in bottom part of sea as it lives in dark due to
U.V sensitive
16.
17. Organic-solvent-tolerant bacteria are a relatively novel group of
extremophilic microorganisms.
Organic-solvent-tolerant bacteria are a relatively novel group of
extremophilic microorganisms.
They overcome the toxic and destructive effects of organic solvents due to
the presence of various adaptive mechanisms. Extensive studies done on
the Toluene tolerance of certain Pseudomonas strains have led to an
understanding of the mechanisms of organic solvent tolerance involving
novel adaptations such as the toluene efflux pumps, cis-
trans isomerisation of membrane fatty acids, rapid membrane repair
mechanisms, etc.
Organic solvent tolerant mutants of Escherichia coli have been constructed
and genes enhancing such tolerance characterised.
18.
19. Metallophiles are a group of extremophiles
which are resistant to high concentration of
metals.
Metallophiles are able to resist high
concentrations of heavy metals such as
cadmium, cobalt, copper, lead, mercury,
nickel, zinc.
20.
21. The word “ACIDOPHILES" Is a combination of the greek
adjective acido meaning “acid" And the adjective philes
meaning “loving".
Acidophiles or acidophilic organisms are those that thrive
under highly acidic conditions (usually at pH 2.0 or below).
Most acidophile organisms have evolved extremely efficient
mechanisms to pump protons out of the intracellular space
in order to keep the cytoplasm at or near neutral pH.
However, other acidophiles, such as Acetobacter aceti, have
an acidified cytoplasm which forces nearly all proteins in the
genome to evolve acid stability.
In a specialized case of acid stability, the NAPase protein
from Nocardiopsis alba was shown to have relocated acid-
sensitive salt bridges away from regions that play an
important role in the unfolding process.
22. Volcanic areas (Yellowstone)
Hydrothermal sources
Deep-sea vents
Metal mining activities (Iron Mountain, Río
Tinto)
In the stomachs of animals.
23.
24. The halophiles, named after the Greek word for "salt-loving", are
extremophiles that thrive in high salt concentrations.
Halophiles can be found in water bodies with salt concentration more than
five times greater than that of the ocean.
To survive the high salinities, halophiles employ two differing strategies to
prevent dessication through osmotic movement of water out of their
cytoplasm.
Both strategies work by increasing the internal osmolarity of the cell.
Halophiles use a variety of energy sources and can be aerobic or
anaerobic; anaerobic halophiles include phototrophic, fermentative, sulfate-
reducing, homo-acetogenic & methanogenic species.
EXAMPLES:
•Salinibacter ruber •Hortaea werneckii
• Halobacterium halobium •Chromohalobacter beijerinckii
•Tetragenococcus halophilus
25. Such as the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Owens
Lake in California.
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