The High Salt Requirement of the Moderate Halophile Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM3043 Can Be Met Not Only by NaCl but by Other Ions

Abstract

The growth rate of Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043 can be stimulated in media containing 0.3 M NaCl by a 0.7 M concentration of other salts of Na ⁺ , K ⁺ , Rb ⁺ , or NH ₄ ⁺ , Cl ⁻ , Br ⁻ , NO ₃ ⁻ , or SO ₄ ²⁻ ions. To our knowledge, growth rate stimulation by a general high ion concentration has not been reported for any organism previously.