Table 3.
Cultivable haloalkaliphilic bacteria isolated from sites sampled.
| Genus | Number of species/site |
Number of isolates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuatro Cienegas | San Marcos | Sayula | ||
| Halobacillus sp. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
|
Halobacillus andaensis (1C, 3C, 5C) Halobacillus dabanensis (5C) |
Halobacillus dabanensis (6M) | Halobacillus dabanensis (2S) | ||
| Marinococcus sp. | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
|
Marinococcus luteus, (6C) Marinococcus luteus (4C) |
Marinococcus luteus (4M) | Marinococcus luteus (1S, 3S, 5S,6S) | ||
| Alkalibacillus sp. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
| Alkalibacillus salilacus (2C) | Alkalibacillus filiformis (1M, 2M, 3M, 5M, 6M) | Alkalibacillus filiformis (3S, 4S) | ||
| Bacillus sp. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bacillus halochares (2C) | ||||
| Aquisalibacillus sp. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aquisalibacillus elongatus (3C) | ||||
| Total of isolates | 9 | 7 | 7 | 23 |