UNLABELLED BACKGROUND The salt tolerance of halophilic bacteria make them promising candidates for technical applications, like isolation of salt tolerant enzymes or remediation of contaminated saline soils and waters. Furthermore, some halophilic bacteria synthesize inorganic solids resulting in organic-inorganic hybrids. This process is known as biomineralization, which is induced and/or c...

A population survey was made of moderately halophilic bacteria in prawn pond sediment in the Songkla region of Thailand. Twenty-two isolated halophilic bacteria capable of growing on modified ATCC culture medium 1270 for halobacterium were then assayed for aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) activity which might be involved in the metabolism of xenobiotic compounds. One isolate, designated AS11, was ...

Marine bacteria require a significant amount of NaCl for optimal growth and have quite different physiological character from terrestrial counterparts. For example, marine bacteria possess a unique type ofNADH:quinone reductase, a membrane-boundenzymewhich takes part in the respiratory chain1}. This enzyme requires Na+ for its activity and with its Na+-pumping activity generates sodium-motive f...