“…Recent studies have shown that such environments are highly productive and have been a valuable source of novel micro-organisms (Antó n et al, 2002;Yoon et al, 2002;Li et al, 2004;Tang et al, 2010Tang et al, , 2011Wang et al, 2011;Yang et al, 2012;Tatar et al, 2013). Although advances have been slow, there is great interest in the use of halophilic or halotolerant micro-organisms to degrade organic pollutants and to produce biopolymers, biosurfactants and compatible solutes (Marhuenda-Egea & Bonete, 2002;Le Borgne et al, 2008). In this context, members of the genus Streptomyces remain a unique source of natural products, including clinically significant antibiotics, anti-metabolities and anti-tumour agents (Watve et al, 2001;Igarashi et al, 2005;Fiedler et al, 2005;Shiomi et al, 2005;Olano et al, 2009;Kim et al, 2012a).…”