Microorganisms in Saline Environments: Strategies and Functions

Part-I Genesis and Impact of Salinity on the Diversity and Distribution of Microorganisms in Saline Habitats
1. Salinity: An OverviewPriyanka Srivastava and *Bhoopander GiriDepartment of Botany, Swami Shraddhanand College, University of Delhi, Delhi 110036, India*e-mail: bhoopg@yahoo.com
2. Occurrence and Distribution of Fungi in Saline EnvironmentsAdèle L. Bunbury-Blanchette and Allison K. Walkera*Acadia University, Department of Biology, 33 Westwood Ave., Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, B4P 2R6*email: allison.walker@acadiau.ca
3. Microbial Ecology of Saline EcosystemsVishnuvardhan Reddy Sultanpuram# and Thirumala MotheMicrobial Ecology Laboratory, Department of Applied Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Anneparthy, Yellareddygudem (PO), Nalgonda-508254, Telangana, India.#E-mail: svr.micro@gmail.com
4. Microbial diversity of saline habitats: An overview of biotechnological applicationsShubhrima Ghosh, Sumit Kumar and Sunil Kumar Khare*Enzyme and Microbial Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016, India*email: skkhare@chemistry.iitd.ac.in; skhare@rocketmail.com
5. Investigation of the Structural and Functional Microbial Diversity in Indian MangrovesShayantan Mukherji1, Shyamalina Haldar2, Abhrajyoti Ghosh1*Department of Biochemistry, Bose Institute, P1/12 CIT Road, Scheme VIIM, Kolkata- 700054, West Bengal, IndiaEmail: abhrajyoti.ghosh@jcbose.ac.in, aghosh78@gmail.com
Part-II Impact of Salinity on Plants and Microbial Life
6. Exopolysaccharides and Biofilms in Mitigating Salinity Stress: The Biotechnological Potential of Halophilic and Soil Inhabiting PGPR MicroorganismsAparna Banerjee*, Shrabana Sarkar, Sara Cuadros-Orellana, Rajib BandopadhyayVicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado, Centro de Biotecnología de los Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile*E-mail: abanerjee@ucm.cl
7. Impact of Salinity Stress on Growth and Development of Aquatic FungiDepartment of Botany, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, MexicoCorresponding author e-mail: pvelez@ib.unam.mx
8. Cellular mechanisms of plant salt tolerance*Mohamed Magdy F. Mansour and Karima Hamid A. SalamaDepartment of Botany, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566, Egypt*email: magdi.abdelhamid@yahoo.com
9. Microorganisms Aiding Existence and Efficiency of Plants in Saline Environment: What We Know and What to ExpectUsha Chakraborty*, Swarnendu Roy1 and Bishwanath Chakraborty2Plant Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Botany, University of North Bengal, Siliguri, West Bengal*email: ucnbu2012@gmail.com
10. Effect of Salinity on Physiological Processes in PlantsOkon Godwin OkonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Ritman University, P.O.BOX 1321, Ikot Ekpene, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.E-mail: okonokongodwin@yahoo.com
Part-III Plant-Microbe Interactions in Saline Environment
11. Influence of Native Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Pseudomonas Fluorescens on Tamarix Shrubs Under Different Salinity LevelsKarima Bencherif*; Yolande Dalpé, Anissa Lounès - Hadj SahraouiUniversité de Djelfa, Faculté des sciences de la Nature et de la vie, Route de Moudjbara, BP 3117. Djelfa (17000) Algérie. Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV), EA4492, 50 rue Ferdinand Buisson, 62228 Calais, France. lounes@univ-littoral.fr*Email: bencherif_karima@yahoo.fr
12. Salt-tolerant Microbes:  Isolation and AdaptationMohammad Javad ZareaDepartment of Agronomy and Plant breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Ilam University, Ilam, IranE-mail: zareamj@yahoo.com or mj.zarea@ilam.ac.ir
13. The Mechanisms Involved in Enhancing Plant Salt Stress Tolerance Using Arbuscular Mycorrhizal FungiMagdi T Abdelhamid, Raafat R El-Masry, Darwish S Darwish, Mazhar M F Abdalla, Shinya Oba, Ragab RagabBotany Department, National Research Centre, 33 EL Bohouth St, Dokki, Giza 12622, Egypt, E-mail: magdi.abdelhamid@yahoo.com
14. Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria for Improving Crops Under Saline ConditionsBensidhoum Leila And Nabti Elhafid* Laboratoire de Maitrise des Energies Renouvelables, Faculté des Sciences de la Nature et de la Vie, Université de Bejaia, 06000 Bejaia, Algeria.*e-mail: elhnabti1977@yahoo.fr 
15. Insights in The Physiological, Biochemical and Molecular Basis of Salt Stress Tolerance in PlantsNisha Kumari*, Kamla Malik, Babita Rani, Minakshi Jattan, Sushil, Ram Avtar, Sarita Devi and Sunder Singh AryaDepartment of Biochemistry, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India*e-mail:   nishaahlawat211@gmail.com 
16. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi alleviate soil salinity stress in arid and semi-arid areasKarima Bencherif*, Yolande Dalpé, Anissa Lounès Hadj-SahraouiUniversité de Djelfa, Faculté des sciences de la Nature et de la vie, Route de Moudjbara, BP 3117. Djelfa (17000) Algérie. Unité de Chimie Environnementale et Interactions sur le Vivant (UCEIV), Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, SFR Condorcet CNRS 3417, 50, rue Ferdinand Buisson, F-62228 Calais cedex, France. *e-mail: bencherif_karima@yahoo.fr
17. Salinity Stress Dependent Coordination of Metabolic Networks in Relation to Salt Tolerance in PlantsAshutosh Dubey* and A. K. VermaDepartment of Biochemistry, College of Basic Sciences and Humanities, G. B. Pant university of agriculture and technology, Pantnagar-263 145, INDIA*E-Mail: drashutoshdubey@rediffmail.com
18. Salt Stress on Plant Growth and Role of Microbes in Promoting Plant Growth Under Salt StressManik Prabhu Narsing Rao1, Zhou-Yan Dong, Min-Xiao1 and Wen-Jun Li1State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol and Guangdong Key Laboratory of Plant Resources, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, P'R Chin*e-mail: liwenjun3@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Part-IV Strategies for Mitigation and Reclamation of Saline Soils
19. Strategies for Reclamation of Saline Soils*Vinay Shankar and Heikham EvelinDepartment of Botany, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi - 110 019*Email: meevelin@gmail.com
20. Biochar for Reclamation of Saline SoilsSharma Mona*, Rachna Bhateria, Bansal Deepak, Bala Kiran, Rani NishaDepartment of Environmental Science & Engineering, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology, Hisar, Haryana, India*Email: drmonasharma1@gmail.com