Halorhabdus

Halorhabdus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Halobacteria
Order:	Halobacteriales
Family:	Haloarculaceae
Genus:	Halorhabdus; Wainø et al. 2000 emend. Antunes et al. 2008
Type species
	Halorhabdus utahensis; Wainø et al. 2000
Species
	H. amylolytica; H. rudnickae; H. salina; H. tiamatea; H. utahensis;

Halorhabdus is a genus of halophilic archaea in the Haloarculaceae. With an extremely high salinity optimum of 27% NaCl, Halorhabdus has one of the highest reported salinity optima of any living organism.

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