Halobacterium

Halo bacteria ( Halobacterium )

The Halobacterium is a genus of order Halobacteriales, which includes many species. It is called ( such as all other halobacteria ) extreme halophilic Euryarchaeen because they need at least 9% salinity to grow, and tolerate very high (15-30 %). They grow primarily where high salt concentrations can be found, such as in salt lakes, salt pans or salted food. The genera Halobacterium and Halococcus have the largest plasmids in the extremely halophilic archaea.

Types (selection)

  • Halobacterium cutirubrum ( Lochhead 1934) Elazari - Volcani 1957
  • Halobacterium denitrificans Tomlinson et al. 1986
  • Halobacterium distributum Zvyagintseva & Tarasov 1989
  • Halobacterium halobium ( Petter 1931) Elazari - Volcani 1957
  • Halobacterium lacusprofundi Franzmann et al. 1989
  • Halobacterium mediterranei Rodriguez- Valera et al. 1983
  • Halobacterium pharaonis Soliman and Trüper 1983
  • Halobacterium saccharovorum Tomlinson & Hochstein 1977
  • Halobacterium salinarum Corrig. (Harrison and Kennedy 1922) Elazari - Volcani 1957 emend. Gruber et al. 2004 ( type species )
  • Halobacterium sodomense Oren 1983
  • Halobacterium vallismortis González et al. 1979
  • Halobacterium volcanii Mullakhanbhai & Larsen 1975
Euryarchaeota Benjamin Elazari Volcani Halophile Digital Object Identifier
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