Abstract:Halophilic bacteria are micro-organisms living in hypersaline environments. They have many potential in several fields in life such as industry and agriculture. In this study two isolates were obtained from saline ponds belonging to local company for salts and minerals, Qarun Lake, Fayoum, Egypt, on nutrient agar (NA) medium prepared using pond water. The 16S rRNA sequence analysis showed that the isolate QSLA16 had 80.15% similarity to Uncultured bacterium clone QAMU23 as well as Sphingomonas sp. LE-239 with … Show more
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