''Spiribacter aquaticus'' is a
Gram-negative and moderately
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 ''
Spiribacter'' which has been isolated from a solar saltern from
Santa Pola
Santa Pola ( Valencian and Spanish: ) is a coastal town located in the comarca of Baix Vinalopó in the Valencian Community, Spain, by the Mediterranean Sea. It has an area of and has a population of 30,000 inhabitants of whom 10,000 are r ...
in
Spain.
References
External links
Type strain of ''Spiribacter aquaticus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Chromatiales
Bacteria described in 2017
Halophiles
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