Combined Use of Cultivation-Dependent and Cultivation-Independent Methods Indicates that Members of Most Haloarchaeal Groups in an Australian Crystallizer Pond Are Cultivable

• Published in: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
• Main Authors: Burns, D. G., Camakaris, H. M., Janssen, P. H., Dyall-Smith, M. L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.70.9.5258-5265.2004; https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.70.9.5258-5265.2004

ABSTRACT Haloarchaea are the dominant microbial flora in hypersaline waters with near-saturating salt levels. The haloarchaeal diversity of an Australian saltern crystallizer pond was examined by use of a library of PCR-amplified 16S rRNA genes and by cultivation. High viable counts (10 6 CFU/ml) we...