Review
Distribution, abundance and diversity of the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber
1 División de Microbiología and Instituto Multidisciplinar para el Estudio del Medio Ramon Margalef, Universidad de Alicante, 03080, Alicante, Spain
2 Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, German Research Center for Health and Environment, Institute of Ecological Chemistry, Neuherberg, Germany
3 Marine Microbiology Group, Institut Mediterrani d'Estudis Avançats, (CSIC-UIB), 07190, Esporles, Spain
Saline Systems 2008, 4:15 doi:10.1186/1746-1448-4-15
Published: 28 October 2008Abstract
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.
