Haloarcula quadrata

Haloarcula quadrata
	SEM image of Haloarcula quadrata.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Halobacteria
Order:	Halobacteriales
Family:	Halobacteriaceae
Genus:	Haloarcula
Species:	H. quadrata
Binomial name
	Haloarcula quadrata; Oren et al. 1999

Haloarcula quadrata is a species of archaea discovered in a brine pool in the Sinai peninsula of Egypt. It was one of the first strains of prokaryotes whose cells show a flat, box-like shape.

They were categorized as Haloarcula on the basis of their polar lipid composition.

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