Halorubrum vacuolatum is a halophilic archaeon in the family of Halorubraceae. It is an extremophile and is able to survive in water with high salt concentration.[2]

Halorubrum vacuolatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Haloferacales
Family: Halorubraceae
Genus: Halorubrum
Species:
H. vacuolatum
Binomial name
Halorubrum vacuolatum
(Mwatha and Grant 1993) Kamekura et al. 1997[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Natronobacterium vacuolatum Mwatha and Grant 1993
  • Natronobacterium vacuolata (spelling variant)

References

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  1. ^ a b Page Species: Halorubrum vacuolatum on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
  2. ^ van de Vossenberg, J.L.C.M.; Driessen, A. J. M.; Grant, D.; Konings, W. N. (1999-11-15). "Lipid membranes from halophilic and alkali-halophilic Archaea have a low H + and Na + permeability at high salt concentration". Extremophiles. 3 (4): 253–257. doi:10.1007/s007920050124. ISSN 1431-0651. PMID 10591015. S2CID 5555555.