Isolation and Growth of Cyanobacteria from Marine and Hypersaline Environments

Abstract

In principle, the isolation and purification of cyanobacteria from saline environments does not differ from that for other groups of cyanobacteria (see this Handbook, Chapter 8 for general discussion and Table 1 in this chapter for specific media for marine and halophilic forms). In this chapter, the cyanobacteria of marine and hypersaline environments will be discussed seChapautely; the physiological properties which distinguish these cyanobacteria from others and the range of taxonomic diversity encountered in saline environments will be indicated.