Halobiforma haloterrestris

Halobiforma haloterrestris
Scientific classification
Domain:
Archaea
Kingdom:
Euryarchaeota
Phylum:
Euryarchaeota
Class:
Halobacteria
Order:
Natrialbales
Family:
Natrialbaceae
Genus:
Halobiforma
Species:
H. haloterrestris
Binomial name
Halobiforma haloterrestris
Hezayen et al. 2002
Type strain
135 (= DSM 13078 = JCM 11627)

Halobiforma haloterrestris is an extremely halophilic member of the Halobacteria and the type species of the genus Halobiforma. H. haloterrestris is aerobic and motile. The cells are red-pigmented, neutrophilic and show rod, coccus and slightly pleomorphic morphology.[1]

References

  1. ^ Hezayen, F. F. (2002). "Characterization of a novel halophilic archaeon, Halobiforma haloterrestris gen. nov., sp. nov., and transfer of Natronobacterium nitratireducens to Halobiforma nitratireducens comb. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 52 (6): 2271–2280. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02324-0. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 12508897.

Further reading

  • Rothschild, Lynn J., and Rocco L. Mancinelli. "Life in extreme environments."Nature 409.6823 (2001): 1092–1101.
  • Rehm, Bernd, ed. Microbial bionanotechnology: biological self-assembly systems and biopolymer-based nanostructures. Horizon Scientific Press, 2006.
  • Seckbach, Joseph, Aharon Oren, and Helga Stan-Lotter, eds.Polyextremophiles: life under multiple forms of stress. Vol. 27. Springer, 2013.
  • Stan-Lotter, Helga, and Sergiu Fendrihan. Adaption of microbial life to environmental extremes. Springer Wien, New York, 2012.
  • Bej, Asim K., Jackie Aislabie, and Ronald M. Atlas, eds. Polar microbiology: the ecology, biodiversity and bioremediation potential of microorganisms in extremely cold environments. CRC Press, 2009.


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