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Emily Denise Melton
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Dethiobacter alkaliphilus strain AHT1T is an anaerobic, sulfidogenic, moderately salt-tolerant alkaliphilic chemolithotroph isolated from hypersaline soda lake sediments in northeastern Mongolia. It is a Gram-positive bacterium with low GC content, within the phylum Firmicutes. H
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Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus strain AHT2T is a strictly anaerobic sulfidogenic haloalkaliphile isolated from a composite sediment sample of eight hypersaline alkaline lakes in the Wadi al Natrun valley in the Egyptian Libyan Desert. D. alkaliphilus AHT2T is Gram-negative and belo
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Soda lakes occur globally and are defined by their high salinity (0.6-4 M Na+) and stable alkaline pH conditions (pH 8-11), designating them as extreme haloalkaline environments. In contrast to other extreme environments, these haloalkaline lakes host a wide variety of microbes,
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