Industrial uses of compounds present in halophiles
as well as in many non-halophilic
counterparts. Compounds such as
β
-carotene,
poly-
β
-hydroxyalkanoate, exopolysaccharides,
etc. found in some halophiles are also made by
many other microorganisms. Sometimes there is
a clear advantage to using halophiles for their
production (e.g.,
β
-carotene production from
Dunaliella
); in most other cases, however, the
superiority of the halophiles as producers of
such compounds is yet to be proven.