''Salibacterium halochares'' is a
Gram-positive
In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.
Gram-positive bac ...
,
aerobic
Aerobic means "requiring air," in which "air" usually means oxygen.
Aerobic may also refer to
* Aerobic exercise, prolonged exercise of moderate intensity
* Aerobics, a form of aerobic exercise
* Aerobic respiration, the aerobic process of cell ...
and
halophilic
The halophiles, named after the Greek word for "salt-loving", are extremophiles that thrive in high salt concentrations. While most halophiles are classified into the domain Archaea, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryotic species, ...
bacterium from the genus of ''
Salibacterium
''Salibacterium'' is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae. The type species is ''Salibacterium halotolerans''.
''Salibacterium'' ''aidingense'' and ''Salibacterium salarium'' were previously species belonging to ''Ba ...
'' which has been isolated from a saltern from
Mesolongi in
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders wit ...
.
References
Bacillaceae
Bacteria described in 2010
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