''Halobiforma haloterrestris'' is an extremely
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, ...
member of the
Halobacteria and the type species of the genus ''
Halobiforma
''Halobiforma'' (common abbreviation: ''Hbf.'') is a genus of halophilic archaea of the family Natrialbaceae.See the NCBIbr>webpage on ''Halobiforma'' Data extracted from the
References
Further reading
Scientific journals
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Scient ...
''. ''H. haloterrestris'' is aerobic and
motile
Motility is the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy.
Definitions
Motility, the ability of an organism to move independently, using metabolic energy, can be contrasted with sessility, the state of organisms th ...
. The cells are red-pigmented,
neutrophilic and show rod, coccus and slightly pleomorphic morphology.
References
Further reading
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Rothschild, Lynn J., and Rocco L. Mancinelli. "Life in extreme environments."Nature 409.6823 (2001): 1092–1101.
*Rehm, Bernd, ed. Microbial bionanotechnology: biological self-assembly systems and biopolymer-based nanostructures. Horizon Scientific Press, 2006.
*Seckbach, Joseph, Aharon Oren, and Helga Stan-Lotter, eds.Polyextremophiles: life under multiple forms of stress. Vol. 27. Springer, 2013.
*Stan-Lotter, Helga, and Sergiu Fendrihan. Adaption of microbial life to environmental extremes. Springer Wien, New York, 2012.
*Bej, Asim K., Jackie Aislabie, and Ronald M. Atlas, eds. Polar microbiology: the ecology, biodiversity and bioremediation potential of microorganisms in extremely cold environments. CRC Press, 2009.
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Halobiforma haloterrestris'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Halobacteria
Archaea described in 2002
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