Table 1

Strains used in the work, taxonomic identification and salinity tolerance

Strain name
lake of isolation1)
Medium of isolation
closest relative
homology %2)
NaCl tolerance (%)






min
max

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

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