Biodiversity of Archaea and floral of two inland saltern ecosystems in the Alto Vinalopó Valley, Spain.docVIP

Zafrillaetal.SalineSystems2010,6:10 /content/6/1/10 SALINE SYSTEMS RESEARCH OpenAccess BiodiversityofArchaeaandfloraloftwo inlandsalternecosystemsintheAltoVinalopó Valley,Spain BasilioZafrilla1,RosaMMartínez-Espinosa1,MaríaAAlonso2,MaríaJBonete1* Abstract Background:Theextractionofsaltfromseawaterbymeansofcoastalsolarsalternsisaverywell-described process.Moreover,thecharacterizationoftheseenvironmentsfromecological,biochemicalandmicrobiological perspectiveshasbecomeakeyfocusformanyresearchgroupsallovertheworldoverthelast20years.In countriessuchasSpain,thereareseveralexamplesofcoastalsolarsal