Fungal Life in the Dead Sea. 2003. (Biodiversity of Cyanoprokaryotes, Algae and Fungi of Israel). illus. 325 p. gr8vo. Hardcover. (ISBN 978-3-906166-10-0)

This volume, the fourth volume in the series 'Biodiversity ofCyanoprokaryotes, Algae and Fungi of Israel', opens a novel fieldof research of fungal life in hypersaline environments. The book isdevoted to the biodiversity of fungi of the Dead Sea. The Dead Seafungal diversity is represented by 70 species belonging to 26 generaand 10 orders of Oomycota, Zygomycota, and Ascomycota. Review ofphysical environment (geology, climatology, limnology) and biodiversityof Archaea, Bacteria, and eukaryotic algae and fungi) of the Dead Sea.This is the first volume reviewing the recent discovery of fungaldiversity in the Dead Sea, analyzing spatiotemporal distribution,physiological adaptation, and genetic diversity. - Contents (chapterheadings): The Dead Sea ( The history of the Physical, Chemical, andBiological Exploration of the Dead Sea/ Paleolakes at the Dead Sea Basin/ Physical and Chemical Limnology of the Dead Sea/ Dead Sea Meteorological Climate)/ Adaptations to Marine Hypersaline Environments(Biodiversity and Community Dynamics in the Dead Sea: Archaea, Bacteria,and Eukaryotic Algae/ Fungi in Saline Water Bodies/ OsmoadaptationStrategies of the Dead Sea Fungi to Hypersaline Stress)/ The Dead SeaFungi (Species Diversity of the Dead Sea Fungi/ SpatiotemporalDiversity of Filammentous Fungi in the Dead Sea/ PhysiologicalAdaptation of Filamentous Fungi to the Dead Sea: Survival of Spores andVegetative Cells/ Genetic Diversity of Filamentous Fungi underHypersaline Stress in the Dead Sea)/ Appendix: A Short bibliography ofPublications Dealing with Microroganisms Isolated from the Dead Sea/Species and Subject Index.