A traditional Japanese-style salt field is a niche for haloarchaeal strains that can survive in 0.5% salt solution.docVIP

Saline Systems BioMedCentral Research Open Access A traditional Japanese-style salt field is a niche for haloarchaeal strains that can survive in 0.5% salt solution Tadamasa Fukushima1, Ron Usami1,2 and Masahiro Kamekura*3 Address: 1Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre, Toyo University, 2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8585, Japan, 2Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Toyo University, 2100 Kujirai, Kawagoe, Saitama 350-8585, Japan and 3Halophiles Research Institute, 677-1 Shimizu, Noda, Chiba 278-0043, Japan Email: Tadamasa Fukushima - bioeng@mail.cc.eng.toyo.ac.jp;