Table 2

Summary of algal taxa isolated from the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma.

Taxonomic Division
Genus
No. of species
No. of isolates
Sample Types
Isolation Salinities (psu)
Isolate Distribution

Chlorophyta
Dunaliella
4
27
soil, brine pools
50, 100
south, central, north,
Chlorophyta
Tetracystis
1
1
dried algal mat
10
central
Chlorophyta
Tetraselmis
1
1
soil
50
central

Cyanophyta
Aphanocapsa
1
1
dried algal mat
10
central
Cyanophyta
Aphanothece
2
2
dried algal mat
10
central
Cyanophyta
Cyanodictyon
1
2
soil, brine pools
50
central, north
Cyanophyta
Geitlerinema
7
31
soil
10, 50, 100
central
Cyanophyta
Halomicronema
1
1
soil, algal mat
50
central
Cyanophyta
Komvophoron
1
2
soil
10
central, south
Cyanophyta
Leptolyngbya
1
1
soil
50
north
Cyanophyta
Lyngbya
1
2
soil
50
central
Cyanophyta
Phormidium
8
27
soil, algal mat
10, 50, 100
central
Cyanophyta
Pseudanabaena
3
10
soil
10, 50
central
Cyanophyta
Spirulina
1
2
pool sediment
10, 50
central
Cyanophyta
Tychonema
2
3
algal mat
10
central

Bacillariophyta
Amphora
4
38
soil, brine pools
10, 50, 100
south, central, north
Bacillariophyta
Bacillaria
1
1
soil
50
central
Bacillariophyta
Eucocconeis
2
4
soil
10, 50
south, central, north
Bacillariophyta
Navicula
5
18
soil
10, 50, 100
south, central, north
Bacillariophyta
Nitzschia
1
3
soil
10, 50
central

Major et al. Saline Systems 2005 1:11   doi:10.1186/1746-1448-1-11