Halorhabdus tiamatea

Halorhabdus tiamatea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Halobacteria
Order:	Halobacteriales
Family:	Haloarculaceae
Genus:	Halorhabdus
Species:	H. tiamatea
Binomial name
	Halorhabdus tiamatea; Antunes et al. 2008

Halorhabdus tiamatea is a halophilic archaeon isolated from the Red Sea. With its extremely high salinity optimum of 27% NaCl, Halorhabdus has one of the highest reported salinity optima of any living organism.

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