Table 1. Different types of hydrolytic activities, amylase (A), cellulase (C), lipase (L) and protease (P), found in the eight strains isolated from OCPU at the 0 – 4.0 M NaCl concentration range.
| SR5-6 (Staphylococcus sp.) | SR5-7 (Bacillus sp.) | SR5-12 (S. lentus) | YPC-6 (Staphylococcus sp.) | YPC-8 (Staphylococcus sp.) | YPC-11 (B. avium) | YPC-13 (Staphylococcus sp.) | YPC-15 (Staphylococcus sp.) | |||||||||
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| [NaCl] | Days | Hydrolase | Days | Hydrolase | Days | Hydrolase | Days | Hydrolase | Days | Hydrolase | Days | Hydrolase | Days | Hydrolase | Days | Hydrolase |
| 0 M | 1 | Nd | 1 | L, P | 1 | L, P | 1 | Nd | 2 | L | 2 | A, C | 2 | Nd | 4 | A, C, L |
| 0.5 M | 1 | L | 1 | L, P | 1 | L | 1 | Nd | 2 | L | 2 | A, C | 2 | Nd | 0 | Nd |
| 1.0 M | 1 | Nd | 1 | L | 1 | L | 1 | Nd | 2 | L | 2 | A, C | 2 | Nd | 0 | Nd |
| 1.5 M | 1 | Nd | 1 | L | 1 | Nd | 1 | Nd | 2 | L | 2 | A, C | 2 | Nd | 0 | Nd |
| 2.0 M | 1 | Nd | 1 | L | 1 | Nd | 1 | Nd | 2 | L | 3 | A, C | 3 | Nd | 1 | A, C |
| 2.5 M | 1 | Nd | 2 | Nd | 2 | Nd | 2 | Nd | 2 | L | 4 | A, C | 7 | Nd | 2 | A, C |
| 3.0 M | 2 | Nd | 2 | Nd | 2 | Nd | 2 | Nd | 2 | Nd | 7 | A, C | 7 | Nd | 2 | A, C |
| 3.5 M | 4 | Nd | 2 | Nd | 2 | Nd | 3 | Nd | 3 | Nd | 21 | A, C | 21 | Nd | 3 | A, C |
| 4.0 M | 7 | Nd | - | Nd | 4 | Nd | 4 | Nd | 4 | Nd | 21 | A, C | 21 | Nd | 3 | A, C |
The assays were performed as described in Material and Methods. Days: Time in days that visible growth was observed, considering zero to be the day of inoculation. (Nd): Hydrolytic activity not detected.