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Distribution and Diversity of Soda Lake Alkaliphiles

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Genesis of Soda Lakes

Soda lakes and soda deserts are the most stable naturally occurring alkaline environments on earth, where pH values of 10 and above are common. As the name implies, these environments are characterized by large amounts of soda (sodium carbonate, or complexes of this salt), formed by evaporative concentration (Grant 1992; Jones and Grant 2000). Other salts, especially sodium chloride may also concentrate leading to the formation of alkaline saline lakes. Although soda lakes have a worldwide distribution (Table 2.2.1 ), they are mainly confined to subtropical latitudes in continental interiors or rain-shadow zones.

Table 2.2.1 Worldwide distribution of soda lakes and soda deserts
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Grant, W.D., Sorokin, D.Y. (2011). Distribution and Diversity of Soda Lake Alkaliphiles. In: Horikoshi, K. (eds) Extremophiles Handbook. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53898-1_3

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