IDENTIFICATION OF NEW HALOTOLERANT BACTERIAL STRAINS FROM SALTY SOIL

Authors

  • Ahmed Shihab Salman
  • Elham Ismael AL-Shamary 2Department of Food Science, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Baghdad, Baghdad, Iraq

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36103/npk28a23

Keywords:

antibiotic sensitivity, halophilic bacteria, high salinity, molecular diagnosis

Abstract

This study was aimed to isolate a halotolerant bacterial strains, four samples were collected from four sources (salty soil) during February 2023. Five bacterial isolates were obtained using Modified Nutrient Agar (MNA) by raising the concentration of sodium chloride to 5% as a medium for isolation. Bacterial isolates were initially diagnosed based on culture and morphological characteristics. The obtained isolates showed varying sensitivity to five types of antibiotics, including ampicillin, azithromycin, amoxicillin, cefexin, and gentamycin. The isolates also showed varying ability to grow in a temperature range from 10 to 50 ℃. The results indicated that the isolates were able to grow differently in different concentrations of sodium chloride, which included (5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30%), two isolates showed their ability to grow at a concentration of 30% of sodium chloride. These two isolates were subjected to molecular diagnosis based on the sequences of the 16s rRNA gene, and the result showed that they are two new, previously undiagnosed strains that were registered at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), which are Salinicoccus sp. strain Salman and Oceanobacillus sp. Mostafa.

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2026-05-30

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Salman, A. S., & AL-Shamary, E. I. (2026). IDENTIFICATION OF NEW HALOTOLERANT BACTERIAL STRAINS FROM SALTY SOIL. IRAQI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES, 57(5), 1402-1410. https://doi.org/10.36103/npk28a23