Halorhabdus tiamatea
Halorhabdus tiamatea is a halophilic archaeon isolated from the Red Sea. With its extremely high salinity optimum of 27% NaCl, Halorhabdus has one of the highest reported salinity optima of any living organism.
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Genome structure
The genome of Halorhabdus was sequenced in August 2014.[2] The G + C content of its DNA is estimated to be 64%.
References
- "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
- Werner, J (Aug 2014). "Halorhabdus tiamatea: proteogenomics and glycosidase activity measurements identify the first cultivated euryarchaeon from a deep-sea anoxic brine lake as potential polysaccharide degrader". Environmental Microbiology. 16 (8): 2525–37. doi:10.1111/1462-2920.12393. PMC 4257568. PMID 24428220.
Further reading
Scientific books
- Gibbons, NE (1974). "Family V. Halobacteriaceae fam. nov.". In RE Buchanan; NE Gibbons (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (8th ed.). Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co.
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