This study assesses halophilic archaea's phylogenetic diversity in southern Tunisia's geothermal water. In the arid southern regions, limited surface freshwater resources make geothermal waters a vital source for oases and greenhouse irrigation. Three samples, including water, sediment, and halite-soil crust, were collected downstream of two geothermal springs of the Ksar Ghilane (KGH) and Zaouet Al Aness (ZAN) oases, Tunisia. The samples were subjected to 16S rRNA gene sequencing using the Illumina Miseq sequencing approach. Several haloarchaea were identified in the geothermal springs. The average taxonomic composition revealed that 20 out of 33 genera were shared between the two geothermal sources, with uneven distribution, where the Halogranum genus was the most represented genus with an abundance of 18.9% and 11.58% for ZAW and KGH, respectively. Several unique site-specific genera were observed: Halonotius, Halopelagius, Natronorubrum, and Haloarcula in ZAN, and Haloprofundus, Halomarina, Halovivax, Haloplanus, Natrinema, Halobium, Natronoarchaeum, and Haloterrigena in the KGH pool. Most genus members are typically found in low-salinity ecosystems. These findings suggest that haloarchaea can disperse downstream from geothermal sources and may survive temperature and chemical fluctuations in the runoff.
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