"Has to be able to withstand long exposure to salty environment without a lot of expensive maintenance."

It is this spark that, when in the salty environment of the pickle, generates the orange colored light.

As with many maritime plants, sea mayweed has fleshy leaves which help it to survive in the harsh salty environment.

Batis has the ability to live in salty environments.

As far as bacteria that are tolerant of very salty environments, I'm not sure.

They are commonly known as saltwater cresses because of their ability to grow in salty environments.

Many micro organisms cannot live in an overly salty environment: water is drawn out of their cells by osmosis.

Halobacteria can exist in salty environments because although they are aerobes they have a separate and different way of creating energy through photosynthesis.

To live within their salty environments they have made certain adaptations.

In the same way that salting meat or fish will preserve it, this salty environment prevents the growth of micro organisms.