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. 2008 Oct 28:4:15.
doi: 10.1186/1746-1448-4-15.

Distribution, abundance and diversity of the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber

Josefa Antón  1 , Arantxa Peña, Fernando Santos, Manuel Martínez-García, Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin, Ramon Rosselló-Mora
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Distribution, abundance and diversity of the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber

Josefa Antón et al. Saline Syst. .

Abstract

Since its discovery in 1998, representatives of the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber have been found in many hypersaline environments across the world, including coastal and solar salterns and solar lakes. Here, we review the available information about the distribution, abundance and diversity of this member of the Bacteroidetes.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Distribution of Salinibacter clones or isolates around the world, indicating the detection methods used. For the locations were FISH data are available, the abundance of S. ruber is provided. CR: crystallizer.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Phylogenetic maximum likelihood reconstruction based on 16S rRNA gene sequences from isolates and clones affiliated to Salinibacter, indicating the two phylotypes of Salinibacter (EHB-1 and EHB-2).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Phylogenetic reconstruction based on 16S rRNA gene sequences from isolates and clones affiliated to Bacteroidetes. The tree is based on the results of a maximum likelihood analysis and shows quarter puzzling support values. Bar, 10% estimated sequence divergence. Accession numbers of individual sequences are shown on the tree. Sequences retrieved from hypersaline environments are labelled with H. Modified from [22].
Figure 4
Figure 4
Plot correlating the 2099 m/z values of known elementary composition to the geographical origins of isolation of the analyzed S. ruber strains. The m/z values having a high correlation with geographical origin are highlighted in red, blue or green while the nondiscriminating masses are represented in yellow.
Figure 5
Figure 5
Detailed spectra of S. ruber sulfonolipids in negative-mode electrospray ICR-FT/MS.
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