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Halospina

Halospina is an extremely halophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Hahellaceae with one known species. Halospina denitrificans has been isolated from sediments from a hypersaline lake.

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Halospina
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Gammaproteobacteria
Order: Oceanospirillales
Family: Hahellaceae
Genus: Halospina
Sorokin et al. 20061
Type species
Halospina denitrificans1
Species

H. denitrificans1

Halospina is an extremely halophilic genus of bacteria from the family of Hahellaceae with one known species (Halospina denitrificans).213 Halospina denitrificans has been isolated from sediments from a hypersaline lake.3

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References

  1. Parte, A.C. "Halospina". LPSN.
  2. Parker, Charles Thomas; Wigley, Sarah; Garrity, George M (1 January 2003). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/tx.9895.
  3. Sorokin, DY; Tourova, TP; Galinski, EA; Belloch, C; Tindall, BJ (February 2006). "Extremely halophilic denitrifying bacteria from hypersaline inland lakes, Halovibrio denitrificans sp. nov. and Halospina denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., and evidence that the genus name Halovibrio Fendrich 1989 with the type species Halovibrio variabilis should be associated with DSM 3050". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (Pt 2): 379–88. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63964-0. PMID 16449444.