Table 1.

Overview of the different media salinities and osmotic pressures with respect to seawater.

Culture conditions	Medium	Definition	Salinity		NaCl	MgCl	Osmotic pressure	Reference
			ppt or g kg-1	%	M	M	mOsm kg-1
Isosmosis	Seawater	Saline	35.0	3.5	0.47	0.07	1000	Yancey, 2005
Isosmosis	ONR7a	Saline	35.6	3.6	0.39	0.05	1136	Dyksterhouse et al., 1995
Hyposmosis	Modified ONR7a	Brackish	18.0	1.8	0.03	0.02	330	This work
Hyperosmosis	Modified ONR7a	Brine	61.7	6.2	0.75	0.11	1720	This work