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: Text
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2004
• Subjects: Microbial Ecology; Antarctic; Saltern; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC520848; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15345408; https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.70.9.5258-5265.2004

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 (106 CFU/ml) were obtaine...