Table 1.
Strains of halophilic euryarchaea examined in this study.
| Strain | Species | Growth conditions | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH | Na+ M | K+ mM | Mg2+ mM | T °C | O2 conditions | |||
| Methanogens | AMET1T | Methanonatronarchaeum (Mn.) thermophilum | 9.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 48 | Anaerobic |
| HMET1 | “Ca. Methanohalarchaeum (Mh.) thermophilum” | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 50 | Anaerobic | |
| AME2T | Methanosalsum (Ms.) natronophilum | 10 | 3.0 | na | 1.0 | 30 | Anaerobic | |
| AMF2T | Methanocalculus (Mc.) alkaliphilus | 10 | 0.6 | na | 1.0 | 30 | Anaerobic | |
| Anaerobic sulfur reducers | HSR2T | Halanaeroarchaeum (Hn.) sulfurireducens | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37 | Anaerobic |
| HSR6T | Halodesulfurarchaeum (Hs.) formicicum | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37 | Anaerobic | |
| AArc-Mg | “Natronolimnobius (Nl.) sulfurireducens” | 10 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37 | Anaerobic | |
| AArc-SlT | “Halalkaliarchaeum (Ha.) desulfuricum” | 9.1 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37 | Anaerobic | |
| Polysaccharide utilizers Cellulolytics | HArcel1T | “Halococcoides (Hc.) cellulosivorans” | 7.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37 | Aerobic |
| AArcel5T | Natronobiforma (Nb.) cellulositropha | 9.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37 | Aerobic | |
| AArcel7 | unpublished | 9.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37 | Aerobic | |
| Chitinolytics | AArcht4T | “Natrarchaeobius (Na.) chitinivorans” | 9.5 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37 | Aerobic |
| AArcht-SlT | “Natrarchaeobius (Na.) haloalkaliphilus” | 9.3 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37 | Aerobic | |
*description submitted to IJSEM. Na, not applicable.
For class, order and family of strains see Figure 1.