Production of Extracellular Polymeric Substances by Halophilic Bacteria of Solar Salterns

Table 1

Bacterial population of soil samples collected from solar salterns of Gujarat, Orissa, and West Bengal, India.

State	Sampling sites	Number of samples	Bacterial count (cfu/g of soil )
			NaCl (%) in medium
			5	10	15
Gujarat	Jogrinar	4	0.74–86.6	0.21–36.6	0.11–4
	Kandla Port	3	0.86–7.35	1.21–2.11	0.08–0
	Khari Rohar	3	2.39–7.68	0.12–17.8	0.47–9.66
	Victor Port	2	1.73–2.83	0.40–0	—
Orissa	Humma	5	0.13–0.61	0.25–0.55	—
	Surala	5	1–3.66	0.07–0.23	—
West Bengal	Baksal	4	2–3.90	0.20–0.40	0.20–0
	Dadanpatrabar	5	2.7–7.9	0.07–0.60	0.07–0.30