Phylogenetic diversity of actinomycetes cultured from coastal multipond solar saltern in Tuticorin, India.

ABSTRACT:

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Background

Hypersaline solar salterns are extreme environments in many tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world. In India, there are several coastal solar salterns along with the coastal line of the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea and inland solar salterns around Sambhar saltlake, from which sodium chloride is obtained for human consumption and industrial needs. Studies on characterization of such coastal and inland solar salterns are scarce and both the bacterial and archaeal diversity of these extreme saline environment remains poorly understood. Moreover, there are no reports on exclusive diversity of actinomycetes inhabiting Indian solar salterns.

Results

Soil sediments were collected from both concentrator and crystallizer ponds of solar sa

SUBMITTER: Jose PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3496644 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature