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Strains used in the work, taxonomic identification and salinity tolerance |
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| Strain name |
lake of isolation1) |
Medium of isolation |
closest relative |
homology %2) |
NaCl tolerance (%) |
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| min |
max |
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| 6A |
L'Atalante |
DSMZ-2463) |
Alteromonas marina |
98 |
0 |
10 |
| 11A |
L'Atalante |
DSMZ-372 |
Halobacillus trueperi |
100 |
0 |
10 |
| 12B |
Bannock |
Marine Broth (Difco 2216)3) |
Bacillus licheniformis |
98 |
0 |
12 |
| 18B |
Bannock |
DSMZ-2463) |
Halomonas meridiana |
99 |
0 |
10 |
| 5D |
Discovery |
DSMZ-2463) |
Alteromonas macleodii |
99 |
0 |
10 |
| 11D |
Discovery |
DSMZ-246 |
Bacillus firmus |
99 |
0 |
10 |
| 13U |
Urania |
Marine Broth (Difco 2216) |
Halomonas meridiana |
99 |
0 |
10 |
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1) this is also the brine in which the strain has been incubated for the survival experiments 2) the strains have been identified based on the percentage homology on the 16S rRNA sequence with the sequences contained in public databases 3) medium diluted 1:10 with sterile seawater | ||||||
Borin et al. Saline Systems 2008 4:10 doi:10.1186/1746-1448-4-10 |
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