Fig. 2

Morphology and physiological characteristics of Halomonas salifodinae IM328. Cell morphology of IM328 visualized using a transmission electron microscope (a, b), colony morphology on solid medium (c, d), and growth curve in media of different pH values (e), respectively. IM328 was cultured in LB-60 medium for determining the optimal growth pH by adding 25 mM MOPS (pH 7.0), HEPES (pH 7.5), Tricine (pH 8.0 and 8.5), and CHES (pH 9.0) at 37 °C, 200 rpm. These data were mean values, and standard errors were calculated from three parallel incubations