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

Table 2

Distribution and taxonomic characteristics of bacteria and archaea isolated from the 6 sampling sites in El-Djerid Lake.

Organisms	Number of strains/site
	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	Number of strains
Halomonas sp.	10	8	2	3	0	3	26
Salicola sp.	0	0	5	1	0	0	6
Pontibacillus sp.	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Marinococcus sp.	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Halobacillus sp.	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Others (Archaea)^(a)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total strains	11	9	7	6	0	3	36

^(a)data not shown.