Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2003, p. 6334-6336, Vol. 69, No. 10
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6334-6336.2003
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The High Salt Requirement of the Moderate Halophile Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM3043 Can Be Met Not Only by NaCl but by Other Ions
Kathleen O'Connor and Laszlo N. Csonka*
Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1392
Received 3 June 2003/
Accepted 25 July 2003
The growth rate of Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043 can be stimulated in media containing 0.3 M NaCl by a 0.7 M concentration of other salts of Na+, K+, Rb+, or NH4+, Cl-, Br-, NO3-, or SO42- ions. To our knowledge, growth rate stimulation by a general high ion concentration has not been reported for any organism previously.
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1392. Phone: (765) 494-4969. Fax: (765) 496-1496. E-mail: lcsonka{at}bilbo.bio.purdue.edu.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2003, p. 6334-6336, Vol. 69, No. 10
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6334-6336.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.
Copyright © 2003 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.