Halophilic Bacterial Diversity of Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan, India
Nisha Chakravati1, Varsha Gupta1, Devki1, Ravi Kant Rahi1 and Deepesh Kumar Neelam*1
1Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, JECRC University, Ramchandrapura Industrial Area, Vidhani, Sitapura Extension, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 303905
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Deepesh Kumar Neelam, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, JECRC University, Ramchandrapura Industrial Area, Vidhani, Sitapura Extension, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India 303905, ORCID Id:- 0000-0002-4693-8075
Received: September 26, 2022 Published: October 14, 2022
Abstract
Saline environment contains higher salt concentration similar to sea water and have high importance in the study of microbial diversity. There are various saline lakes located all over the world such as Lonar Lake, Magadi Lake, Sambhar Lake etc. Among all these the Sambhar Lake is the largest inland lake in India which provides saline and alkaline environment. The salinity in this lake is upto 40 gms per litre makes it hypersaline in nature. The lake has great diversity of halophilic bacteria on the basis of their salt concentration as slight, moderate and mild halophiles. Only the halophilic archaea and halophilic bacteria are more habitual for the hypersaline environment. They survive in extreme saline condition by consuming energy to eliminate salt from the cytoplasm to elude the aggregation of protein. Some of the example of halophilic bacteria from recent studies is Piscibacillus, Anabaenopsis and Halomonas. This study gives an understanding about the saline environment and how the halophilic microorganisms thrive under these conditions, their diversity in Sambhar Lake and their industrial applications.
Keywords: Saline environment, Sambhar Lake, halophilic microbial diversity
Citation: Chakravati N, Gupta V, Devki, Rahi RK, Neelam DK. “Halophilic Bacterial Diversity of Sambhar Salt Lake, Rajasthan, India”. SVOA Microbiology 2022, 3:4, 59-69.
