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Halanaeroarchaeum sulfurireducens

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Halanaeroarchaeum sulfurireducens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Halobacteriales
Family: Halobacteriaceae
Genus: Halanaeroarchaeum
Species:
H. sulfurireducens
Binomial name
Halanaeroarchaeum sulfurireducens
Sorokin et al. 2016[1]

Halanaeroarchaeum sulfurireducens is a halophilic archaeon in the family of Halobacteriaceae and the only described species in the genus Halanaeroarchaeum (common abbreviation Haa.). In contrast to many of the known related halophilic archaea, H. sulfurireducens is anaerobic.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Page Genus: Halanaeroarchaeum on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  2. ^ Sorokin, D. Y.; Kublanov, I. V.; Yakimov, M. M.; Rijpstra, W. I. C.; Damsé J. S. S. (June 2016). "Halanaeroarchaeum sulfurireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., the first obligately anaerobic sulfur-respiring haloarchaeon, isolated from a hypersaline lake". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 66 (6): 2377–2381. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001041. PMID 27031647.