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Answer for the clue "Halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats ", 13 letters:
halobacterium

Word definitions for halobacterium in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
'' Note: The word "halobacterium" is also the singular form of the word "halobacteria".'' In taxonomy , Halobacterium is a genus of the Halobacteriaceae . The genus Halobacterium ("salt" or "ocean bacterium") consists of several species of archaea with ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of various extremophiles, of genus (taxlink Halobacterium genus noshow=1), found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...

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