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Extremely Halophilic Bacteria in Crystallizer Ponds from Solar Salterns

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: It is generally assumed that hypersaline environments with sodium chloride concentrations close to saturation are dominated by halophilic members of the domain Archaea, while Bacteria are not considered to be relevant in this kind of environment. Here, we report the high abundance and growth of a new group of hitherto-uncultured Bacteria in crystallizer ponds (salinity, from 30 to 37%) from multipond solar salterns. In the present study, these Bacteria constituted from 5 to 25% of the total prokaryotic community and were affiliated with the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides phylum. Growth was demonstrated in saturated NaCl. A provisional classification of this new bacterial group as "Candidatus Salinibacter gen. nov." is proposed. The perception that Archaea are the only ecologically relevant prokaryotes in hypersaline aquatic environments should be revised.

Source: Applied and Environmental Microbiology

DOI: 10.1128/aem.66.7.3052-3057.2000

Authors: Josefa Antón, Ramón Rosselló-Mora, Francisco Rodríguez-Valera, Rudolf Amann

Institutions: University of Alicante, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx

Language: English

Topic: Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

OpenAlex ID: W2164533125

FWCI: 11.16

Cites: 36

Cited by: 339

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