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Characterization of halophiles isolated from solar salterns in Baja California, Mexico.
Extremophiles : life under extreme conditions - 1 Jul 2009
Sabet Shereen, Diallo Lamine, Hays Lauren, Jung Woosung, Dillon Jesse G
Abstract excerpt
Solar salterns are extreme hypersaline environments that are five to ten times saltier than seawater (150-300 g L(-1) salt concentration) and typically contain high numbers of halophiles adapted to tolerate such extreme hypersalinity. Thirty-five halophile cultures of both Bacteria and Archaea were isolated from the Exportadora de Sal saltworks in Guerrero Negro, Baja California, Mexico. 16S rRNA sequence...
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