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Haloplanus natans

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Species of archaeon

Haloplanus natans
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Haloferacales
Family: Haloferacaceae
Genus: Haloplanus
Species: H. natans
Elevi Bardavid et al. 2007
Binomial name
Haloplanus natans
Type strain
RE-101, JCM 25092, DSM 17983

Haloplanus natans is a halophilic Archaeon in the family of Halobacteriaceae and the type species of the genus Haloplanus. It was isolated from controlled mesocosms with a mixture of water from the Dead Sea and the Red Sea.

References

  1. Bardavid, Rahel Elevi; Mana, Lily; Oren, Aharon (2007). "Haloplanus natans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, gas-vacuolate archaeon isolated from Dead Sea-Red Sea water mixtures in experimental outdoor ponds". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (4): 780–783. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64648-0. PMID 17392206.

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Taxon identifiers
Haloplanus natans


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