Abstract
Marine salterns are artificial multipond systems designed for the commercial production of salt by evaporation of seawater. We report here the metagenomic sequence of the prokaryotic microbiota of a pond with intermediate salinity (21% total salts) of a saltern located in Isla Cristina, Huelva, southwest Spain.
Highlights
Marine salterns are artificial multipond systems designed for the commercial production of salt by evaporation of seawater
Marine salterns are composed of interconnected ponds with increasing salt concentrations and they constitute excellent models for studying microbial populations growing along a salinity gradient [1]
Molecular studies have shown that the two main prokaryotes which are predominant in these NaCl-saturated ponds are the haloarchaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi and the bacteroidete Salinibacter ruber [9, 10]
Summary
Marine salterns are artificial multipond systems designed for the commercial production of salt by evaporation of seawater. Marine salterns are composed of interconnected ponds with increasing salt concentrations and they constitute excellent models for studying microbial populations growing along a salinity gradient [1]. Most studies have been focused on the most concentrated hypersaline ponds, designated crystallizers, in which the NaCl is precipitated [6,7,8].
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