Table 6.
Selected examples of halophilic microorganisms isolated from marine habitats.
| Microorganisms | Site and Temperature of Isolation | References |
|---|---|---|
| Chromohalobacter salexigens | Solar saltern, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles; 37 °C | [144] |
| Chromohalobacter salarius | Solar saltern Cabo de Gata, Almería, southern Spain; 35 °C | [145] |
| Halobacterium salinarum | Badwater salt pan, Death Valley, California; 37 °C | [146] |
| Haloferax alexandrines | El-Mallahet, solar saltern near Alexandria City in Egypt; 37 °C | [147] |
| Haloferax larsenii | Solar saltern (122°17’ N 29°55’ E), Zhoushan archipelago, Zhe-Jiang, China; 42–45 °C | [148] |
| Halomicroarcula salina | Yinggehai marine solar saltern near Shanya city of Hainan Province, China; 37 °C | [149] |
| Halomonas alkaliantarctica | Saline lake in Cape Russell, Antarctica; 30 °C | [150] |
| Halomonas smyrnensis | Camaltı Saltern Area, Aegean Region of Turkey, 37 °C | [151] |
| Halomonas marina | Marine water (Hawaii, USA); 37 °C and 26 °C | [152] |
| Halomonas pantelleriensis | Hard sand, lake of Venere, Pantelleria Island, Sicily, Italy; 30 °C | [153] |
| Halomonas axialensis, H. hydrothermalis, H. sulfidaeris, H. neptunia | Hydrothermal fluids low-temperature, sulfide rock and hydrothermal plumes in North and South Pacific Ocean vent fields located at 1530–2580 m depth; 20 °C | [154] |
| Halomonas denitrificans, H. salaria, H. janggokensis, H. gomseomensis | Saline water of Gomseom, solar saltern, saline water of Janggok solar saltern, seawater in Anmyeond; Korea; 25–30 °C | [155] |
| Haloarcula marismourti, H. hispanica | Salt lake Dead sea, 31°30′ N, 35°30′ E; 37 °C | [156,157] |
| Halobacillus locisalis | Marine solar saltern, Baekryung Island of the Yellow Sea, Korea; 30 °C | [158] |
| Halobacterium halobium | Solar saltern ,Central-Eastern coast of Tunisia, 34°39′ N and 10°42′ E; 37 °C | [159] |
| Halobacteroides halobius | Salt lake Dead sea sediment ; 37 °C | [160] |
| Halobacillus profundi, H. kuroshimensis | Deep-sea carbonate rock at a methane cold seep in Kuroshima Knoll, Japan; 25 °C | [161] |
| Halobacillus naozhouensis | South China Sea, Naozhou Island on the Leizhou Bay; 30 °C | [162] |
| Halobacillus seohaensis, H. yeomjeoni | Sediment marine solar saltern, Byunsan, Korea; 37 °C | [163,164] |
| Natronoarchaeum mannanilyticum | Japanese seawater in Niigata prefecture; 37 °C | [165] |
| Sporohalobacter lortetii, S. marismortui | Salt lake Dead sea; 35–37 °C | [88] |