Dunda's media (for salt tolerant bacterial cutivation) composed of MgSO4. 7H2O (20 g l-1), NaCl (150 g l-1), Trisodium citrate dihydrate (3 g l-1) CaCl2. 2H2O (1 g l-1), Peptone (10 g l-1) and Yeast extract (1 g l-1) was also used in media optimization experiments.