UNLABELLED Speleotherapy - a special form of climatotherapy - uses certain conditions specific to caves and salt-mines to treat several medical conditions, especially respiratory and skin-related. This reduces all types of irritations and therefore disease symptoms are mitigated or fully suppressed while the patient is accommodated into the salt-mine. OBJECTIVE Influence of microclimate in sa...

Halophiles are extremophile organisms that thrive in environments with very high concentrations of salt. The salt mines of Karak region, is an extremely saline environment and its microbial communities have not yet been explored. In the present study, twenty one halotolerant and halophilic bacterial strains were isolated from salt mines of Karak region. These strains can grow in media with 5-40...

Next generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have been used to generate huge amounts of sequencing data from many organisms. However, the correct choice of candidate genes and prevention of false-positive results computed from digital gene expression (DGE) of RNA-seq data are vital when using these genetic resources. We indirectly identified 18 salt-stress-induced Reaumuria trigyna transcripts...

2-Methyl-6-amino-5-hyd roxymethylpyr imidine The basal diet consisted of, in per cent, purified starch, 60; purified casein, 20; lard, 15 and McCollum salt mixture (No. 185), 5. One drop of cod liver oil per day per animal was also administered. A vitamin mixture consisting of 1mg of thia mine hydrochloride, 0.4mg of ribo flavin, 0.1mg of pyridoxine hydro chloride, 3mg of calcium pantothen ate,...

Halopiger salifodinae strain KCY07-B2(T), isolated from a salt mine in Kuche county, Xinjiang province, China, belongs to the family Halobacteriaceae. It is a strictly aerobic, pleomorphic, rod-shaped, Gram-negative and extremely halophilic archaeon. In this work, we report the features of the type strain KCY07-B2(T), together with the draft genome sequence and annotation. The draft genome sequ...

nitrogen oxides and carbon monoxide gases together with dust are known as the major pollutants arising during the blasting operations using the ammonium nitrate-fuel oil (anfo) explosive at the sungun surface mine, located in the northwest of iran. the pollutants were monitored during some blasting operations at the mine. it was concluded that the gases and dust clouds initially went up to the ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the causes evolution atmospheric dust composition in an open-to-public subterranean site (UNESCO-recognized historic mine) at increasing distances from air intake. role components imported with surface compared natural and anthropogenic sources inside mine. Samples deposited were directly collected flat surfaces 11 carefully selected sites. morphological...