Microbial diversity in the hypersaline Lake Meyghan, Iran.

ABSTRACT: Lake Meyghan is one of the largest and commercially most important salt lakes in Iran. Despite its inland location and high altitude, Lake Meyghan has a thalassohaline salt composition suggesting a marine origin. Inputs of fresh water by rivers and rainfall formed various basins characterized by different salinities. We analyzed the microbial community composition of three basins by isolation and culturing of microorganisms and by analysis of the metagenome. The basins that were investigated comprised a green ~50 g kg^-1 salinity brine, a red ~180 g kg^-1 salinity brine and a white ~300 g kg^-1 salinity brine. Using different growth media, 57 strains of Bacteria and 48 strains of Archaea were isolated. Two bacterial isolates represent potential novel species w

SUBMITTER: Naghoni A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5599592 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature