Antagonistic Properties of Some Halophilic Thermoactinomycetes Isolated from Superficial Sediment of a Solar Saltern and Production of Cyclic Antimicrobial Peptides by the Novel Isolate Paludifilum halophilum
Table 1
Range of physicochemical characteristics of water above the two ponds’ sediment surface and microbiological parameters during the three campaigns.
Parameters
Pond M1
Pond TS18
Physicochemical
pH
8.3–
7.2–
Salinity (%)
19–
31–
Temperature (°C)
14–
16–
Dissolved organic carbon (mg l−1)
2.7–
5.8–
Microbiological
Water total cell count (108 cells ml−1)
1.2–
3.2–
Sediment total cell count (108 cells g−1)
13–
36–
Water cultivable actinomycete count (UFC ml−1)
0
0-1
Sediment cultivable actinomycete count (UFC g−1)
3–
20–
Number of actinomycete isolates from water
0
0
Number of actinomycete isolates from sediment
3
20
Each data is mean of three independent analyses ± standard deviation; value < 0.05.
