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References
- ↑ Page Species: Halorubrum californiense on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen . Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ↑ Page Taxonomy browser (Halorubrum californiensis DSM 19288) on "NCBI" . Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ↑ Page Taxonomy - Halorubrum californiense on "UniProt" . Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ↑ P. T. Pesenti; M. Sikaroodi; P. M. Gillevet; C. Sánchez-Porro; A. Ventosa; C. D. Litchfield (1 December 2008). "Halorubrum californiense sp. nov., an extreme archaeal halophile isolated from a crystallizer pond at a solar salt plant in California, USA". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (11): 2710–2715. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.2008/002410-0 . PMID 19060045.
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