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Halobacterium

[‚hal·ə·bak′tir·ē·əm]
(microbiology)
A genus of bacteria in the family Halobacteriaceae; single, rod-shaped cells which may be pleomorphic when media are deficient.
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Strains of both Archaea (a strain of Haloferax elongans and a Halobacterium salinarum) and Bacteria (a strain each of Arhodomonas, Marinobacter, and Halomonas) were inhibited with elevated levels of Hg, Pb, Cu, Cd, and As and were more sensitive to these metals in the presence of crude oil [55].
(catalase positive, gram, oxidase,citrte and coagulase negative rods), Halobacterium spp.
Halobacterium appears to be a master of the complex art of DNA repair.
Halobacterium NRC-1 is an extremely halphilic archaeon that contains homologs to the E.
Sampling 72 genes that appear to be internal and 29 that appear to be the first in an operon in Halobacterium sp.
With all due respect to the illustrious Halobacterium halobium (pond scum -- a postulated biological solution to the storage problem), whose day may come in time, escalating performance and falling prices for solid-state memory and magnetic disks mean that these technologies currently offer the most attractive possibilities.
Among the 48 genera of haloarchaea, genetic tools have been developed for only three genera, namely, Haloferax [3,4], Halobacterium [5], and Haloarcula [6].
PDB number Protein name 1U19 Rhodopsin 2Z73 Rhodopsin 1GU8 Sensory rhodopsin II 1JV6 Bacteriorhodopsin 1XIO Anabaena sensory rhodopsin 3A7K Halorhodopsin 3DDL Xanthorhodopsin PDB number Species 1U19 Bos taurus (bovine) 2Z73 Todarodes pacificus (Japanese flying squid) 1GU8 Natronobacterium pharaonis 1JV6 Halobacterium salinarum 1XIO Nostoc sp.
All three layers examined in the endoevaporite contained a large number of archaeal phylotypes that are closely related to Halobacterium sp.
9:15: INVESTIGATION INTO AN INDUCIBLE RESPONSE TO DNA DAMAGE IN THE HALOPHILIC ARCHAEAN HALOBACTERIUM NRC-1, Lacy K.
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