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Halobacterium (common abbreviation Hbt.), from Ancient Greek ἅλς (háls), meaning "salt", and "bacterium", is a genus in the family Halobacteriaceae. The

Halobacterium salinarum, formerly known as Halobacterium cutirubrum or Halobacterium halobium, is an extremely halophilic marine obligate aerobic archaeon

archaea, which may vary from lake to lake. The most common archaeon is Halobacterium salinarum. Pink lakes arise from a combination of factors, which include

Halobacterium noricense is a halophilic, rod-shaped microorganism that thrives in environments with salt levels near saturation. Despite the implication

light-driven H+ ion transporter found in some Haloarchaea, most notably Halobacterium salinarum (formerly known as syn. H. halobium). The proton-motive force

the water changes is a result of green alga Dunaliella salina, halobacterium Halobacterium cutirubrum, and/or high concentration of brine prawn. Once the

different morphologies. These diverse morphologies include rods in genus Halobacterium, cocci in Halococcus, flattened discs or cups in Haloferax, and other

glycoprotein, and occurs in the hyperthermophiles, Halobacterium, and some methanogens. In Halobacterium, the proteins in the wall have a high content of

Halogeometricum, Halococcus, Haloterrigena, Halorubrum, Haloarcula, and Halobacterium. However, the viable counts in these cultivation studies have been small

starting point for classification. Halophiles, including the genus Halobacterium, live in extremely saline environments such as salt lakes and outnumber