Haloarcula quadrata

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Haloarcula quadrata
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SEM image of Haloarcula quadrata.
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Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Halobacteriales
Family: Haloarculaceae
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. [1]

Contents

They were categorized as Haloarcula on the basis of their polar lipid composition. [1]

Morphology and metabolism

The cells move using single or multiple flagella but lack gas vacuoles. [1] Species within the genus Haloarcula are Gram negative and extremely halophilic, and they can use any of several sources of carbon. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Oren, A.; Ventosa, A.; Gutierrez, M. C.; Kamekura, M. (1 July 1999). "Haloarcula quadrata sp. nov., a square, motile archaeon isolated from a brine pool in Sinai (Egypt)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (3): 1149–1155. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-3-1149 . PMID   10425773.
  2. ↑ Ventosa, A. (September 14, 2015). "Haloarcula". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 1–10. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00481. ISBN   9781118960608.


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