Halorubrum salsolis explained

"Halorubrum salsolis" is an undescribed species of halobacteria which is known to live in the Great Salt Lake in the United States.

The microbe was named by two children who took part in a naming contest held by the discoverers of the organism in 2006; the children independently suggested salsolis as the species name for the microbe.^[1]

This halophilic extremophile lives in water 10 times saltier than the ocean. It contains carotenoids that make it resistant to ultraviolet rays.^[2]

Further reading

• Ines Boujelben . Manuel Martínez-García . Jos van Pelt . Sami Maalej . amp . Diversity of cultivable halophilic archaea and bacteria from superficial hypersaline sediments of Tunisian solar salterns . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek . Oct 2014 . 106 . 4 . 675–692 . 10.1007/s10482-014-0238-9. 25064091 . 6006958 .

Notes and References

1. . RISING STARS . Science . 12 May 2006 . 312 . 5775 . 843 . 13 August 2018 . American Association for the Advancement of Science . 10.1126/science.312.5775.843a . 220101328 .
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20121004092135/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb374902.htm PRWeb