Production of Extracellular Polymeric Substances by Halophilic Bacteria of Solar Salterns

Table 2

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

States	Sampling sites	Number of samples	Bacterial count (cfu/mL of water )
			NaCl (%) in medium
			5	10	15
Gujarat	Jogrinar	2	0.28–5.56	1.72–0	0.40–0
	Kandla Port	2	0.53–5.40	0.16–1.1	0.66–0
	Khari Rohar	1	0.23–0	—	—
	Victor Port	2	12.6–190	—	—
Orissa	Humma	3	0.23–2.3	—	—
	Surala	2	0.27–1.20	0.83–0	—
West Bengal	Baksal	3	1.10–1.36	0.13–0.6	0.10–0.37
	Dadanpatrabar	3	0.5–1.90	0.07–0.50	0.1-0.2