Research Article
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 |
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