Culturable halophilic archaea at the initial and crystallization stages of salt production in a natural solar saltern of Goa, India

Table 1 Halophilic archaeal isolates obtained from Ribandar solar salterns of Goa, India

Saltern phase and econiche	Isolates	Pigmentation	Gram character and morphology	Lysis in		Identification	Accession No.
				Distilled water	3.5% salt solution
Pre salt harvesting phase/Initial Stage/Salt Dilute Stage
Water samples	BK3	Bright Orange-red	Gram negative cocci	-	-	Halococcus salifodinae	HQ455793
	BK6	Bright Orange-red	Gram negative cocci	-	-	Halococcus salifodinae	AB588757
	BK7	Bright Orange-red	Gram negative cocci	-	-	Halococcus salifodinae	HQ455794
	BK11	Bright Orange-red	Gram negative cocci	-	-	Halococcus salifodinae	HQ455795
Sediment samples	BK18	Orange	Gram negative cocci	-	-	Halococcus salifodinae	HQ455796
	BK19	Bright Orange-red	Gram negative cocci	-	-	Halococcus salifodinae	AB588758
	BK20	Light Orange	Gram negative cocci	-	-	Not sequenced	Not sequenced
Salt harvesting phase/Crystallization Stage
Brine samples	BBK1	Orange	Gram negative cocci	-	-	Halococcus salifodinae	AB588755
	BBK2	Orange	Gram negative cocci	+	+/-	Haloferax volcanii	AB588756
	BS1	Bright red	Gram negative cocci	+	+/-	Haloarcula argentinensis	HQ455797
	BS2	Bright red	Gram negative cocci	+	+/-	Haloarcula japonica	HQ455798
	BS3	Bright red	Gram negative cocci	+	+/-	Haloarcula sp.	HQ455799
	BS5	Bright red	Gram negative pleomorphic	+	+/-	Haloarcula argentinensis	AB588759
	BS6	Bright red	Gram negative short rods	+	+/-	Haloarcula hispanica	HQ455801
	BS7	Bright red	Gram negative pleomorphic	+	+/-	Haloarcula japonica	HQ455802
Sediment samples	BS17	Bright red	Gram negative cocci	+	+/-	Halorubrum sp.	ND
	BS16	Light Orange	Gram negative cocci	+	+/-	Haloferax alexandrinus	HQ455803