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The number of streptomycetes isolated from salt-affected soils of the Caspian Lowland and desert soils of Mongolia comprises hundreds and thousands of colony-forming units (CFU) per one gram of soil. A complex of moderately halophilic streptomycetes is present in salt-affected soils. The factor of halophily (the ratio between the numbers of streptomycetes isolated from salt-affected soils on nutrient media with 5% NaCl and with 0.02% NaCl) has been calculated for the complex of streptomycetes. The streptomycetic complex of salt-affected soils is characterized by the presence of moderately haloalkaliphilic streptomycetes, whose optimum growth is observed in the medium containing 5% NaCl having pH 8.
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Original Russian Text © G.M. Zenova, G.V. Oborotov, Zh. Norovsuren, A.V. Fedotova, L.V. Yakovleva, 2007, published in Pochvovedenie, 2007, No. 11, pp. 1347–1351.
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Zenova, G.M., Oborotov, G.V., Norovsuren, Z. et al. Halophilic and alkaliphilic streptomycetes in salt-affected soils. Eurasian Soil Sc. 40, 1203–1207 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229307110087
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