Do you know of any hyper halophile microorganisms (literature), and in which salt concentration are they still biologically active?
Hi there,
Extreme halophile bacteria (Halobacterium sp) are able to grow at saturating concentration of NaCl (5M)
Unicellular alga Dunaliella viridis was observed in a good mood at 4,25M NaCl
For halophilic fungi , I recommend the paper at the following URL: http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00708/abstract. I think table 1 in this paper is exactly what you are looking for.
For halophilic bacteria, I suggest the paper at the following URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2329653/.
In general for the extreme halophiles, they could be isolated and be active at the range between 25 and 30% NaCl.
As per scientific literature halophiles are generally grow b/w 3-30%. there salt tolerance is directly relevant from where they are isolated and organisms salt tolerance can be slightly increased if enrichment technique is used at the time of isolation step.
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