''Halomonas hamiltonii'' is a
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, ...
bacteria first isolated from the environment surrounding
dialysis Dialysis may refer to:
*Dialysis (chemistry), a process of separating molecules in solution
**Electrodialysis, used to transport salt ions from one solution to another through an ion-exchange membrane under the influence of an applied electric pote ...
patients. It is closely related to ''
H. magadiensis''.
References
Further reading
*Kim, Kwang Kyu, et al. "Halomonas stevensii sp. nov., Halomonas hamiltonii sp. nov. and Halomonas johnsoniae sp. nov., isolated from a renal care centre." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60.2 (2010): 369–377.
*Sánchez-Porro, Cristina, et al. "Halomonas titanicae sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from the RMS Titanic." International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 60.12 (2010): 2768–2774.
External links
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LPSNType strain of ''Halomonas hamiltonii'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Oceanospirillales
Bacteria described in 2009
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