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Characterization of Selected Bacteria from the North Arm of the Great Salt Lake

Thirteen bacterial cultures were isolated from the North arm of Great Salt Lake during the months of January and February of 1973. Eleven isolates were gram-negative pleomorphic rods which lysed in hypotonic solution. The remaining two were gram-positive cocci. All isolates and one known strain of Halobacterium salinarium were subjected to examination of morphological, cultural, physiological, and biochemical characteristics. A numerical taxonomic analysis was applied to the compiled characters to compute a coefficient of similarity for each individual isolate as compared to all other isolates. A comparative analysis was included in the similarity computation using characters assembled from those reported in the literature for six taxonomically accepted species of halophilic bacteria. The lake isolates proved to be extreme halophiles with relative high levels of similarity between each other and the known bacteria included in the numerical analysis.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UTAHS/oai:digitalcommons.usu.edu:etd-2664
Date01 May 1974
CreatorsCrane, John L.
PublisherDigitalCommons@USU
Source SetsUtah State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceAll Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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