Table 3.

Cultural preferences and salt tolerance of acidophilic strains.

Species	Strain no.	Cultural preferences				NaCl %
		PDA	MEA	CzA	OA	1.2	1.5	3	5	7	10	12
Acidomyces acidophilum	CBS 899.87	1.17±0.1	1.33±0.15	0.3±0.02	1.17±0.1	1.3±0.02	0.7±0.02	0.6±0.03	0.6±0	0.5±0	0.2±0.02	-
	CBS 335.97	1.08±0.1	1.9±0.14	0.6±0.2	1.0±0.2	1.5±0.02	0.5±0.02	0.4±0.04	0.3±0.02	0.2±0.02	-	-
	dH 12881	2.0±0.14	1.5±0.14	1.2±0.2	1.5±0.1	1.5±0.02	1.5±0.02	1.5±0.02	0.7±0.03	0.5±0.04	-	-
	dH 11526	2.5±0.2	3.0±0.2	1.5±0.14	1.2±0.2	2.5±0.02	2.0±0.04	2±0.04	0.8±0.03	0.6±0.008	-	-
	dH 13081	1.8±0.14	2.2±0.2	1.1±0.1	1.0±0.2	1.0±0.04	0.8±0.02	0.8±0.02	0.6±0.02	0.3±0.02	-	-

Growth on different media and salt concentration expressed as diameters of the colonies (cm); - = no growth.