Table 1.
Comparison of growth conditions in transcriptome, proteome, metabolome, and physiological studies of extremophiles.
| Native habitat conditions | Growth cabinet conditions | Experiment growth conditions | Measurements/treatments | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANASTATICA HIEROCHUNTICA | |||||
| Negev Desert: temperature range−3.6 to 46.8°C, arid | 16 h day; 150 μmol m−2 s−1; 22°C, RH not specified | Growth cabinet | Metabolic profiling/salt and heat stress (MS agar medium) | Eshel et al., 2017 | |
| EUTREMA SALSUGINEUM | |||||
| Accession: Yukon | Yukon territory: temperature range 15–24°C, light 1,500 μmol m−2 s−1, semi-arid | 21 h day, 250 μmol m−2 s−1, 22/10°C, RH not specified | Growth cabinet and native habitat | Transcriptome/control vs. native habitat (soil grown) | Champigny et al., 2013 |
| Accession: Shangdon | 21 h day, 250 μmol m−2 s−1, 22/10°C, RH not specified | Growth cabinet | Transcriptome/of natural variation (soil grown) | Champigny et al., 2013 | |
| Accession: Yukon | Yukon territory: temperature range 15–24°C, light 1,500 μmol m−2 s−1, semi-arid | 21 h day, 250 μmol m−2 s−1, 22/10°C, RH not specified | Growth cabinet and native habitat | Transcriptome and metabolome/ control vs. native habitats (soil grown) | Guevara et al., 2012 |
| RHAZYA STRICTA | |||||
| Bahrah (Saudi Arabia): day temperature 36–43°C, light >1,000 μmol m−2 s−1, arid | Not applicable | Native habitat | Diurnal transcriptome | Yates et al., 2014 | |
| Bahrah (Saudi Arabia): day temperature 36–43°C, light >1,000 μmol m−2 s−1, arid | Not applicable | Native habitat | Diurnal changes in photosynthesis leaf physiology | Lawson et al., 2014 | |
| EUTREMA PARVULUM | |||||
| Salt flats in Tuz (Central Anatolia, Turkey) | 12 h day, 22/20°C, 60%RH, light not specified | Growth cabinet | Chloroplast physiology, salt stress (soil mixture) | Uzilday et al., 2015 | |
| CRATEROSTIGMA PLANTAGINEUM | |||||
| South Africa (conditions not specified) | 16 h day, 4,000 lux, 23/19°C RH not specified | Growth cabinet | Transcriptome/different dehydration levels (artificial clay) | Rodriguez et al., 2010 | |
| South Africa (conditions not specified) | 14 h day, 24/20°C, 60,000 lx, 60% RH | Growth cabinet | Expression profile of GRP1/desiccation (clay) | Giarola et al., 2016 | |
| South Africa (conditions not specified) | Growth cabinet | Expression profile of EDR1 and CRP1/dehydration and rehydration (clay) | Giarola et al., 2014 | ||
| SPOROBOLUS STAPFIANUS | |||||
| Verena, Transvaal, South Africa | 16 h day, 28/19°C, light and RH not specified | Growth cabinet | Transcriptome and metabolome/dehydration and rehydration (soil) | Yobi et al., 2017 | |
| 16 h day, 28/19°C, light and RH not specified | Growth cabinet | Proteome/dehydration (soil) | Oliver et al., 2011b | ||
| SPOROBOLUS PYRAMIDALIS | |||||
| 16 h day, 28/19°C, light and RH not specified | Growth cabinet | Metabolome/during dehydration (soil) Comparison with S. stapfianus | Oliver et al., 2011a | ||
| CYNANCHUM KOMAROVII | |||||
| Yinchuan City, Ningxia, China | 16 h day, 28/16°C, natural light (intensity not specified) | Growth cabinet | Transcriptome/drought stress (soil and vermiculite) | Ma et al., 2015 | |
| HABERLEA RHODOPENSIS | |||||
| Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, light at harvesting side 20 μE m−2 s−1 | 16 h day, 21°C, 20 μE m−2 s−1, RH 65% | Growth cabinet | Transcriptome and metabolomics (soil) | Gechev et al., 2013 | |
| ZYGOPHYLLUM XANTHOXYLUM | |||||
| Desert areas in China and Mongolia | 16 h day, 28/23°C, 800 μmol m−2 s−1, RH 65–70% | Growth cabinet | Transcriptome/ salt and osmotic stress (sand) | Ma et al., 2016 | |
| POPULUS EUPHRATICA | |||||
| Shapotou Desert Experiment and Research, Ningxia, China | 12 h day, 25°C, 70 μmol m−2 s−1, RH not specified | Growth cabinet | Transcriptome / salt stress (MS agar medium) | Qiu et al., 2011 | |
| CALOTROPIS PROCERA | |||||
| Saudi Arabia, field site near Jeddah: day temperature 36–43°C, light >1,000 μmol m−2 s−1, arid | 16 h day, 25–28°C, 8,000lx, RH not specified | Growth cabinet | Transcriptome and metabolome/salt and drought stress (growth medium not specified) | Mutwakil et al., 2017 | |
| Vargas State, Venezuela: light 100–1,500 μmol m−2 s−1, temperature 25–32°C, RH 65–85% | Not applicable | Native habitat | Photosynthetic physiology | Tezara et al., 2011 | |
RH, relative humidity.