''Halococcus dombrowskii'' is an archaeon first isolated from a
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last period of the Paleoz ...
alpine salt deposit. It is an extremely
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, ...
coccoid with type strain H4
T (= DSM 14522
T = NCIMB 13803
T = ATCC BAA-364
T).
References
Further reading
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*Seckbach, Joseph, ed. Life in the universe: from the Miller experiment to the search for life on other worlds. Vol. 7. Springer, 2004.
*Fendrihan, Sergiu, Michael Grosbacher, and Helga Stan-Lotter. "Response of the extremely halophilic Halococcus dombrowskii strain H4 to UV radiation and space conditions in the EXPOSE-ADAPT project on the International Space Station." EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. Vol. 12. 2010.
*Gunde-Cimerman, Nina, Aharon Oren, and Ana Plemenitaš, eds. Adaptation to life at high salt concentrations in Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya. Vol. 9. Springer, 2006.
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External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Halococcus dombrowskii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Euryarchaeota
Archaea described in 2002
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