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Halophilic Bacterium - A Review of New Studies

Bassam Oudh Aljohny

Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P, O, Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/1874

ABSTRACT: Halophilic bacteria are organisms which thrive in salt-rich environments, such as salt lakes, solar salterns and salt mines which contain large populations of these organisms. In biotechnology, such salt-tolerant bacteria are widely used for the production of valuable enzymes, and more than a thousand years ago humans began using salt to cure and thereby preserve perishable foods and other materials, such as hides; halophiles can be detrimental to the preservation of salt brine cured hides. The aim of this review is to provide an overview of the taxonomy of these organisms including novel isolates from rock salt, and also to discuss their current and future biotechnological and environmental uses.

KEYWORDS: Hypersaline environments; Halophilic bacteria; Environmental and Industrial application

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