| halobacteria | Bacteria that live in conditions of high salinity. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| halobacteriaceae | A family of extremely halophilic archaea found in environments with high salt concentrations, such as salt lakes, evaporated brines, or salted fish. Halobacteriaceae are either obligate aerobes or facultative anaerobes and are divided into six genera: haloarcula, halobacterium, halococcus, haloferax, natronobacterium, and natronococcus. (12 Dec 1998) |
| halobacteriales | An order of extremely halophilic archaea, in the kingdom euryarchaeota. They occur ubiquitously in nature where the salt concentration is high, and are chemoorganotrophic, using amino acids or carbohydrates as a carbon source. (12 Dec 1998) |