Diversity of microorganisms in solar salterns of Tamil Nadu, India
Muthu Manikandan; Vijayaraghavan Kannan; Lejla Pašić
World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 25(6): 1007-1017
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 0959-3993 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-009-9980-y
Accession: 063778367
In this study, the diversity of prokaryotes inhabiting crystallizer ponds of three solar salterns, located along Bengal Bay in Tamil Nadu, India was examined. Unlike other salterns studied the Tamil Nadu salterns are fed by hypersaline spring water mixed with seawater and led to the ponds from bore wells. In addition, prokaryotic community development is restricted as salterns operate only during the arid part of the year.