Editing Halotolerance (section)

{{Short description|Adaptation to high salinity}}
'''Halotolerance''' is the [[osmoregulation|adaptation]] of living [[organism]]s to conditions of high [[salinity]].<ref>Walter Larcher (2001) ''Physiological Plant Ecology''  {{ISBN|3-540-43516-6}}</ref> Halotolerant species tend to live in areas such as [[hypersaline lake]]s, [[dune|coastal dunes]], saline [[desert]]s, [[salt marsh]]es, and inland salt [[sea]]s and [[spring (hydrosphere)|spring]]s. [[Halophile]]s are also organisms that not only live in highly saline environments but also ''require'' the [[salinity]] to survive. Halotolerant organisms on the other hand (belonging to different [[Domain (biology)|domains]] of life) can grow under saline conditions, but do not require elevated concentrations of salt for growth. [[Halophyte]]s are salt-tolerant higher plants. Halotolerant microorganisms are of considerable biotechnological interest.<ref>{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1007/s007920100184 | last1 = Margesin | first1 = R. | last2 = Schinner | first2 = F. | title = Potential of halotolerant and halophilic microorganisms for biotechnology | journal = Extremophiles: Life Under Extreme Conditions | volume = 5 | issue = 2 | pages = 73–83 | year = 2001 | pmid = 11354458| s2cid = 22371046 }}</ref>