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Exploring the microbiota of solar saltern of Mulund, Mumbai, India

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Title Exploring the microbiota of solar saltern of Mulund, Mumbai, India
 
Creator Sardar, A.G.
Pathak, A.P.
 
Subject Diversity
Halomonadaceae
Phylogeny
FAME
Solar saltern
16S rRNA
 
Description 634-641
Solar salterns around the world are extreme
hypersaline environments and typically contain high numbers of Halophiles. In
the present study Archaeal and bacterial diversity of the salterns located at
Mulund (19°10’12’’N, 72°57’18’’E), Mumbai was investigated.
Fifty Seven Halophiles were isolated from the brine samples collected. Out of
these, forty five belonged to bacteria and twelve belonged to archaea. All
isolated archaea were shown intensely red pigmentation. Out of these, eleven
salt tolerant organisms were characterized using morphological, biochemical and
16S rRNA analysis. Chemosystematic analysis of selected two isolates was also
carried out. Overall analysis showed domination of members of Halomonadaceae family in this ecosystem.
Presence of industrially important hydrolytic enzymes and carotenoids producing
halophiles was also recorded.


 
Date 2014-04-23T10:43:15Z
2014-04-23T10:43:15Z
2014-04
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0975-1033 (Online); 0379-5136 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/28653
 
Language en_US
 
Rights CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Source IJMS Vol.43(4) [April 2014]