The article explores how certain water bodies like the Dead Sea, Lake Hillier, and Mono Lake enable effortless floating due ...

Great Salt Lake Institute, Westminster University, Salt Lake City, UT, United States Thus, investigations of Great Salt Lake microbial communities should consider the many facets of the ecosystem, ...

The world is full of surprises, and some of the most fascinating are found in lakes that defy expectations. Some stand out for their striking colours – from lime green to bubblegum pink ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Gas vesicles (GVs) are gas-filled microbial ...

THE remarkably high salt tolerance of unicellular organisms, which have been found in a saline lake of salt concentration so high as 19–26 per cent sodium chloride by Ruben Tschik, T. Hof, Baas ...

Thanks to a mix of Dunaliella salina algae, which produces a red pigment, and halophilic bacteria in the salt crusts, Lake Hillier in Western Australia boasts a bold, bubblegum pink colour. Despite ...