Rare Halophilic Nocardiopsis from Algerian Saharan Soils as Tools for Biotechnological Processes in Pharmaceutical Industry

Table 1

Cultural characteristics of 23 halophilic Nocardiopsis isolated from Saharan soils.

Medium with 10% NaCl	Group	Number of isolates	Growth	Color of aerial mycelium	Color of substrate mycelium	Diffusible pigment
Yeast extract-malt extract agar (ISP2)	G1	21	++	White to pale yellow	Pale yellow	None
	G2	01	++	Pale pink	Light reddish brown	Moderate reddish brown
	G3	01	++	None	Orange	None
Inorganic salt-starch agar (ISP4)	G1	21	+	Yellowish	Moderate yellow	None
	G2	01	+	None	Moderate reddish pink	None
	G3	01	+	None	None	None
Bacto tryptic-soy agar (TSA)	G1	21	+++	Light yellow	Pale yellow	None
	G2	01	+++	Pale pink	Light reddish brown	Moderate reddish brown
	G3	01	+++	None	Orange	None
Complex medium agar (CMA)	G1	21	+++	Light yellow	Pale yellow	None
	G2	01	+++	Pale pink	Light reddish brown	Moderate reddish brown
	G3	01	+++	None	Orange	None

+++ = abundant; ++ = moderate; + = poor. All media were supplemented with 10% () NaCl (pH 7.2). Colors were taken from ISCC-NBS color charts [32].