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