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| Title |
Phenotypic characterization and 16S rDNA identification of culturable non-obligate halophilic bacterial communities from a hypersaline lake, La Sal del Rey, in extreme South Texas (USA)
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| Published in |
Aquatic Biosystems, February 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/2046-9063-8-5 |
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| Authors |
Kristen Phillips, Frederic Zaidan, Omar R Elizondo, Kristine L Lowe |
| Abstract |
La Sal del Rey ("the King's Salt") is one of several naturally-occurring salt lakes in Hidalgo County, Texas and is part of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The research objective was to isolate and characterize halophilic microorganisms from La Sal del Rey. Water samples were collected from the lake and a small creek that feeds into the lake. Soil samples were collected from land adjacent to the water sample locations. Sample salinity was determined using a refractometer. Samples were diluted and cultured on a synthetic saline medium to grow halophilic bacteria. The density of halophiles was estimated by viable plate counts. A collection of isolates was selected, gram-stained, tested for catalase, and characterized using API 20E® test strips. Isolates were putatively identified by sequencing the 16S rDNA. Carbon source utilization by the microbial community from each sample site was examined using EcoPlate™ assays and the carbon utilization total activity of the community was determined. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 47 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 43 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 21% |
| Researcher | 10 | 21% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 9% |
| Other | 9 | 19% |
| Unknown | 3 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 45% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 15% |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 4 | 9% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Unknown | 5 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 June 2012.
All research outputs
#4,471,676
of 22,669,724 outputs
Outputs from Aquatic Biosystems
#11
of 47 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#39,658
of 247,322 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Aquatic Biosystems
#6
of 12 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 22,669,724 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done well and is in the 80th percentile: it's in the top 25% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 47 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.8. This one scored the same or higher as 36 of them.
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