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Alkaliphilic and Alkali-Tolerant Algae

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Microorganisms which exhibit good growth at pH values between 10 and 11, but grow poorly at neutral pH values are defined as alkaliphiles (occasionally also as alkalophiles) (Kroll 1990). Figure 10.1 gives an example for the pH profile of growth of the alkaliphilic and salt-tolerant cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis (Fig. 10.1 A) and the alkaliphilic, but far less salt-tolerant bacterium Bacillus firmus (Fig. 10.IB). The alkali-tolerant microbes grow and survive at pH values.

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