| Halophilic Archaea |
| SuperSet | Prokaryote, Archaea, Halophilic Archaeobacteria |
| Compare | Halomonas |
| Contrast | Methanogens Cell Wall-Less Archaeobacteria Sulfate Reducing Archaeobacteria Halophilic Archaeobacteria Extremely Thermophilic Archaeobacteria |
| Subset | Haloarcula , Halobacterium, Halococcus , Haloferax ,Natronobacterium , Natronococcus occultus |
| Morphology | Halophilic Archaea |
| CELLULAR |
| Staining | Cells are Gram negative or Gram positive, Rods and regular to highly irregular cells. |
| Morphology | |
| Motility | |
| Specialized structures |
| Division |
| COLONIAL |
| Solid surface |
| Liquid |
| Growth Parameters | Halophilic Archaea |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL |
| Tropism | chemooorganotrophs |
| Oxygen | aerobic or facultatively anaerobic |
| pH | Neutrophilic or alkalophilic. |
| Temperature | Mesophilic or slightly thermophilic (up to 55 C). |
| Requirements | requirement for high concentrations of sodium chloride (1.5 Molar or above). |
| Products | |
| Enzymes | |
| Unique features | Some of the species contain bacteriorhodopsin and are able to use light for ATP synthesis |
| ENVIRONMENTAL |
| Habitat | |
| Lifestyle | |
| Pathogenicity |
| Distribution |
| Genome | Halophilic Archaea |
| G+C Mol % |
| RNA polymerase of the AB B' type. |
| Reference | Halophilic Archaea |
| First citation | Wm.
D. Grant and H. Larsen, 1989. Halobacteriales Ord
Nov in Bergey's Manual of systematic
Bacteriology Vol 3 (James T. Stanley Editor, Marvin P.
Bryant, Norbert Pfennig, associate Editor, John G. Holt
Editor-in-chief p 2216 ISBN-0-683-07906-5 |
| The Prokaryotes | p |
| Bergey's Systematatic | p 2216 Wm. D. Grant and H. Larsen |
| Bergey's Determinative | p 739-746 |
| References |