Research Article
Production of Extracellular Polymeric Substances by Halophilic Bacteria of Solar Salterns
Table 3
Bacterial isolates obtained from soil samples of solar salterns of Gujarat, Orissa, and West Bengal, India.
| States |
Sampling sites | Number of samples | Number of bacterial isolates | NaCl (%) in medium | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Gujarat | Jogrinar | 4 | 44 | 23 | 4 | Kandla Port | 3 | 19 | 12 | 4 | Khari Rohar | 3 | 46 | 16 | 6 | Victor Port | 2 | 20 | 5 | — |
| Orissa | Humma | 5 | 48 | 14 | — | Surala | 5 | 31 | 31 | 2 |
| West Bengal | Baksal | 4 | 19 | 8 | 3 | Dadanpatrabar | 5 | 29 | 16 | 10 |
| Total | | 31 | 256 | 125 | 29 |
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