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Answer for the clue "Halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats ", 10 letters:
halobacter

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n. halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats [syn: halobacteria , halobacterium ]

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halobacter \halobacter\, halobacterium \halobacterium\n.; pl. halobacteria , or halobacters . Any halophilic bacterium of the archaebacteria group, expecially of the genera Halobacterium and Halococcus , which live in saline environments such as the Dead ...