| Halobacteriaceae |
a family of aerobic, rod-shaped and coccoid bacteria, made up of chemo-organotrophic organisms that require at least 8 per cent and in most cases 17 to 23 per cent sodium chloride for growth. These extremely halophilic bacteria, which belong to the archaeobacteria group, do not contain peptidoglycan in their cell walls and differ from other bacteria in ribosomal RNA and cell lipid structures. They contain carotenoid pigments, and they are found in pools of evaporating sea water and material preserved with sea salts. The family contains the genera Halobacterium and Halococcus.
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