Haloarcula marismortui (Volcani) sp. nov., nom. rev., an extremely halophilic bacterium from the Dead Sea

A. Oren*, M. Ginzburg, B. Z. Ginzburg, L. I. Hochstein, B. E. Volcani

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Abstract

An extremely halophilic red archaebacterium isolated from the Dead Sea (Ginzburg et al., J. Gen. Physiol. 55:187-207, 1970) belongs to the genus Haloarcula and differs sufficiently from the previously described species of the genus to be designated a new species; we propose the name Haloarcula marismortui (Volcani) sp. nov., nom. rev. because of the close resemblance of this organism to 'Halobacterium marismortui,' which was first described by Volcani in 1940. The type strain is strain ATCC 43049.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)209-210
Number of pages2
JournalInternational Journal of Systematic Bacteriology
Volume40
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1990

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