Sporohalobacter are a genus of anaerobic bacteria belonging to the family Haloanaerobiaceae.[2] The organisms are spore-forming bacteria that grow in hypersaline environments.[3]
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Genus: | Sporohalobacter Oren et al. 1988[1]
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Sporohalobacter lortetii (Oren 1984) Oren et al. 1988
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edit- ^ "Genus: Sporohalobacter". lpsn.dsmz.de.
- ^ Oren A, Gurevich P, Henis Y (1991). "Reduction of nitrosubstituted aromatic compounds by the halophilic anaerobic eubacteria Haloanaerobium praevalens and Sporohalobacter marismortui". Appl Environ Microbiol. 57 (11): 3367–70. PMC 183973. PMID 1669931.
- ^ Ollivier B, Caumette P, Garcia J, Mah R (1994). "Anaerobic bacteria from hypersaline environments". Microbiol Rev. 58 (1): 27–38. PMC 372951. PMID 8177169.