Studies on the Biodiversity of Halophilic Microorganisms Isolated from El-Djerid Salt Lake (Tunisia) under Aerobic Conditions

Table 1

Physico-chemical characteristics of the sediment samples.

Sampling site	Colour of sampling site	pH	Hardness (%)	Ca^2+(mg/g)	Mg^2+(mg/g)	Cl^−(mg/g)	Na^+(mg/g)	K^+(mg/g)	Total
S1	Dark-cream	7.9	7.54	80.52	19.42	131.50	26.82	8.55	266.83
S2	Cream	7.5	4.22	68.28	21.37	177.96	44.62	14.40	326.65
S3	Cream	7.9	6.92	82.43	15.84	113.66	69.22	7.10	288.27
S4	Cream	7.3	7.78	57.94	12.26	190.50	67.14	7.48	335.34
S5	Dark-cream	8.3	6.60	64.36	14.94	110.93	76.47	10.42	277.14
S6	Brown-black	8.2	7.29	75.57	20.48	141.60	59.41	10.45	307.54
Average		7.87	6.72	71.52	17.39	144.36	57.28	9.73	300.29