''Halanaerobium salsuginis'' is a strictly anaerobic,

Gram-negative Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation. They are characterized by their cell envelopes, which are composed of a thin peptidoglycan cell wall ...

, moderately

halophilic The halophiles, named after the Greek word for "salt-loving", are extremophiles that thrive in high salt concentrations. While most halophiles are classified into the domain Archaea, there are also bacterial halophiles and some eukaryotic species, ...

, non-

spore In biology, a spore is a unit of sexual or asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavourable conditions. Spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, f ...

-forming and non-motile bacterium from the genus of ''

Halanaerobium ''Halanaerobium'' is a Gram-negative, non-endospore-forming, rod-shaped, and strictly anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family Halanaerobiaceae. Phylogeny The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standi ...

''.

References

Clostridia Bacteria described in 1994 {{Firmicutes-stub