Aquatic Biosystems

Table 1 Strains used in the work, taxonomic identification and salinity tolerance

From: DNA is preserved and maintains transforming potential after contact with brines of the deep anoxic hypersaline lakes of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Strain name	lake of isolation¹⁾	Medium of isolation	closest relative	homology %²⁾	NaCl tolerance (%)
					min	max
6A	L'Atalante	DSMZ-246³⁾	Alteromonas marina	98	0	10
11A	L'Atalante	DSMZ-372	Halobacillus trueperi	100	0	10
12B	Bannock	Marine Broth (Difco 2216)³⁾	Bacillus licheniformis	98	0	12
18B	Bannock	DSMZ-246³⁾	Halomonas meridiana	99	0	10
5D	Discovery	DSMZ-246³⁾	Alteromonas macleodii	99	0	10
11D	Discovery	DSMZ-246	Bacillus firmus	99	0	10
13U	Urania	Marine Broth (Difco 2216)	Halomonas meridiana	99	0	10

¹⁾ this is also the brine in which the strain has been incubated for the survival experiments
²⁾ the strains have been identified based on the percentage homology on the 16S rRNA sequence with the sequences contained in public databases
³⁾ medium diluted 1:10 with sterile seawater

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