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… Only adapted organisms can live in these extreme conditions. We may not expect to find salt-tolerant microbes in soils that are not salty. However, we have isolated bacteria from garden soils that can grow at 20% salt. This is interesting work in basic microbial ecology and has grown into a significant project. This work was presented at the Annual Meeting …
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