Halorhabdus tiamatea explained

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.

Genome structure

The genome of Halorhabdus was sequenced in August 2014.^[1] The G + C content of its DNA is estimated to be 64%.

Further reading

• Book: Gibbons, NE . 1974 . Family V. Halobacteriaceae fam. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology . 8th . RE Buchanan . NE Gibbons. The Williams & Wilkins Co. . Baltimore.

Notes and References

1. Werner. J. Halorhabdus tiamatea: proteogenomics and glycosidase activity measurements identify the first cultivated euryarchaeon from a deep-sea anoxic brine lake as potential polysaccharide degrader.. Environmental Microbiology. Aug 2014. 16. 8. 2525–37. 10.1111/1462-2920.12393. 24428220. 4257568.