Table 3.

Colony morphologies and closest matches in the GenBank nucleotide database, as well as tolerance to increased temperature, borate and NaCl concentrations for all bacterial isolates investigated are shown.

Isolate ID	Colony Morphology on R2A+SE	Closest Match in GenBank with Similarity (%) and Accession #	R2A+SE, Incubated at Different Temperatures			R2A+SE, Supplemented with Salt
			40 °C	50 °C	63 °C	Borate (0.5%)	NaCl (10%)	NaCl (20%)
BA-35	large, white-tan, dull, flat, irregular margin	Bacillus subtilis, 99%, CP024961	pos	pos	neg	neg	pos	neg
BA-36	large, white-tan, dull, flat, irregular margin	Bacillus subtilis, 99%, CP024961	pos	pos	neg	neg	pos	neg
IV-1A	large, white-tan, dull, flat, irregular margin	Bacillus subtilis, 99%, CP024961	pos	pos	few colonies	neg	pos	neg
V-2	medium size, grey	Streptomyces cavourensis, 98 %, CP030930	pos	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg
T-3	large size, white	Streptomyces cavourensis, 97 %, CP030930 / Streptomyces bacillaris, 98%, CP029379	pos	neg	neg	pos	neg	neg
IV-10a	large size, white	Streptomyces halotolerans, 97%, AY376199	pos	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg
IV-7	medium size, purple	Streptomyces lavendulae, 99%, KY213666	pos	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg
IV-12	medium size, white	Streptomyces fulvissimus, 99%, KY820718	pos	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg
T-4b	large size, white	Streptomyces halotolerans, 97%, AY376199	pos	pos	neg	neg	neg	neg
V-5	small size, white	Streptomyces sparsus, 97%, KM999546	pos	neg	neg	pos	pos	neg
IV-4	medium size, white	Streptomyces sparsus, 97%, KM999546	pos	neg	neg	few colonies	pos	neg
IV-18	medium size, white	Streptomyces sparsus, 98%, KM999546	pos	neg	neg	pos	pos	neg
IV-21	medium size, white	Streptomyces sparsus, 99%, KM999546	pos	neg	neg	few colonies	pos	neg
IV-19	medium size, white	Streptomyces sparsus, 99%, KM999546	pos	neg	neg	pos	pos	neg
BA-3	small size, white	Streptomyces sparsus, 98%, KM999546	pos	neg	neg	pos	pos	neg
BA-5	medium size, white	Streptomyces sparsus, 99%, KM999546	pos	neg	neg	pos	pos	neg
BA-23	medium size, white	Streptomyces sparsus, 99%, KM999546	pos	neg	neg	pos	pos	neg
Y-2	medium size, purple	Streptomyces flavofungini, 94%, JQ511979	pos	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg
Col.B	small size, white	Streptomyces bobili, 99%, FJ792573	pos	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg
T-2	large size, white	Nocardiopsis synnemataformans, 99%, MH040869	pos	neg	neg	pos	neg	neg
T-4a	tiny size, white	Pseudonocardia autotrophica, 99%, AP018920	pos	neg	neg	neg	neg	neg