Isolation of halophilic bacteria from a brine near Suez Canal area, Egypt

Moderate and extreme halophilic bacteria were isolated from different soil samples collected from a brine near Manzala Lake, Egypt. The first soil sample was taken from the border of the brine, while the second was gathered 2 m far. In spite of the slight distance between the two sites; the isolated bacteria from the first soil sample included only moderate halophilic organisms, while the second soil contained extreme and moderate halophilic isolates. The bacterial isolates in the two soils were cocci and the biochemical analysis indicated that the extreme halophilic forms were different strains of Halococcus spp