Research Article
Characterization of Halorubrum sfaxense sp. nov., a New Halophilic Archaeon Isolated from the Solar Saltern of Sfax in Tunisia
Table 1
Physicochemical characteristics of TS pond on March 2007.
| Ponds | TS |
| Physical parameters | | Salinity (%) | 37.76 | Temperature (°C) | 25 | pH | 7.55 | EC (mS cm−1) | 680.00 | Major actions and anions (g l−1) | | Na+ | 87.5 | Ca+ | 0.043 | Mg2+ | 0.29 | Cl− | 261.09 | K+ | 8.5 | | 43.2 |
| Total cell count (107 cells mL−1) | 4.1 |
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