''Halorhabdus'' is a
genus of halophilic
archaea
Archaea ( ; singular archaeon ) is a domain of single-celled organisms. These microorganisms lack cell nuclei and are therefore prokaryotes. Archaea were initially classified as bacteria, receiving the name archaebacteria (in the Archaebac ...
in the
Haloarculaceae
''Haloarculaceae'' is a family of halophilic and mostly chemoorganotrophic archaea within the order '' Halobacteriales''. The type genus of this family is '' Haloarcula.'' Its biochemical characteristics are the same as the order '' Halobacteria ...
. With an extremely high salinity optimum of 27% NaCl, ''Halorhabdus'' has one of the highest reported salinity optima of any living organism.
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Archaea genera
Taxa described in 2000
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