Shiladitya DasSarma
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Shiladitya DasSarma is an Indian-American molecular biologist well-known for contributions to the biology of halophilic and extremophilic microorganisms. He is a Professor in the University of Marylan
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Halobacterium
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Halobacterium, from Ancient Greek ἅλς, meaning "salt", and "bacterium", is a genus in the family Halobacteriaceae.
Shiladitya DasSarma
…proposed by Carl Woese. In the 1990s, he organized and led the team that deciphered the first genome sequence and genetic code for a halophilic microbe, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1. This work showed that its proteins are highly acidic, providing an understanding of how proteins may function in high salinity and low water…
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