Halobacteriaceae

Halobacteriaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Kingdom:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Halobacteria
Order:	Halobacteriales
Family:	Halobacteriaceae; Gibbons 1974
Genera
	See text
Synonyms
	"Haloarchaeaceae" (sic) DasSarma & DasSarma 2008;

Halobacteriaceae is a family in the order Halobacteriales and the domain Archaea.^[1] Halobacteriaceae represent a large part of halophilic Archaea, along with members in two other methanogenic families, Methanosarcinaceae and Methanocalculaceae.^[2] The family consists of many diverse genera that can survive extreme environmental niches.^[3] Most commonly, Halobacteriaceae are found in hypersaline lakes and can even tolerate sites polluted by heavy metals.^[4] They include neutrophiles, acidophiles (ex. Halarchaeum acidiphilum), alkaliphiles (ex. Natronobacterium), and there have even been psychrotolerant species discovered (ex. Hrr. lacusprofundi).^[3] Some members have been known to live aerobically, as well as anaerobically, and they come in many different morphologies.^[3] These diverse morphologies include rods in genus Halobacterium, cocci in Halococcus, flattened discs or cups in Haloferax, and other shapes ranging from flattened triangles in Haloarcula to squares in Haloquadratum, and Natronorubrum.^[5]^[6] Most species of Halobacteriaceae are best known for their high salt tolerance and red-pink pigmented members (due to bacterioruberin carotenoids^[5]), but there are also non-pigmented species and those that require moderate salt conditions.^[3]^[7] Some species of Halobacteriaceae have been shown to exhibit phosphorus solubilizing activities that contribute to phosphorus cycling in hypersaline environments.^[8] Techniques such as 16S rRNA analysis and DNA-DNA hybridization have been major contributors to taxonomic classification in Halobacteriaceae, partly due to the difficulty in culturing halophilic Archaea.^[7]^[3]^[2]

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^ ^a ^b Oren, Aharon (September 2014). "Taxonomy of halophilic Archaea: current status and future challenges". Extremophiles. 18 (5): 825–834. doi:10.1007/s00792-014-0654-9. PMID 25102811. S2CID 5395569.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Oren, Aharon (February 1, 2012). "Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae: a paradigm for changing concepts in prokaryote systematics". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (2): 263–271. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038653-0. PMID 22155757.
^ Naik, Sanika; Furtado, Irene (2017). Marine Pollution and Microbial Remediation. Singapore: Springer Nature. pp. 143–152. ISBN 978-981-10-1044-6.
^ ^a ^b Oren, Aharon; Arahal, David; Ventosa, Antonio (2009). "Emended descriptions of genera of the family Halobacteriaceae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (3): 637–642. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.008904-0. PMID 19244452.
^ Tully, Benjamin; Emerson, Joanne; Andrade, Karen; Brocks, Jochen; Allen, Eric; Banfield, Jillian; Heidelberg, Karla (September 16, 2014). "De novo sequences of Haloquadratum walsbyi from Lake Tyrrell, Australia, reveal a variable genomic landscape". Archaea. 2015: 875784. doi:10.1155/2015/875784. PMC 4330952. PMID 25709557.
^ ^a ^b Ventosa, A.; Marquez, M.; Sanchez-Porro, C.; Haba, R. (2012). Advances in understanding the biology of halophilic microorganisms ([Updated ed.]. ed.). Dordrecht: Springer, Dordrecht. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5539-0_3. ISBN 978-94-007-5538-3.
^ Yadav, Ajar Nath; Sharma, Divya; Gulati, Sneha; Singh, Surender; Dey, Rinku; Pal, Kamal Krishna; Kaushik, Rajeev; Saxena, Anil Kumar (28 July 2015). "Haloarchaea Endowed with Phosphorus Solubilization Attribute Implicated in Phosphorus Cycle". Scientific Reports. 5 (1): 12293. Bibcode:2015NatSR...512293Y. doi:10.1038/srep12293. PMC 4516986. PMID 26216440.

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[oren2-2] Oren, Aharon (September 2014). "Taxonomy of halophilic Archaea: current status and future challenges". Extremophiles. 18 (5): 825–834. doi:10.1007/s00792-014-0654-9. PMID 25102811. S2CID 5395569.

[oren1-3] Oren, Aharon (February 1, 2012). "Taxonomy of the family Halobacteriaceae: a paradigm for changing concepts in prokaryote systematics". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62 (2): 263–271. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.038653-0. PMID 22155757.

[Interactions_of_Haloarchaea_with_Metals-4] Naik, Sanika; Furtado, Irene (2017). Marine Pollution and Microbial Remediation. Singapore: Springer Nature. pp. 143–152. ISBN 978-981-10-1044-6.

[Oren_emended_descriptions_of_genera_Halobacteriaceae-5] Oren, Aharon; Arahal, David; Ventosa, Antonio (2009). "Emended descriptions of genera of the family Halobacteriaceae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (3): 637–642. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.008904-0. PMID 19244452.

[Tully_De_Novo_sequences_Haloquadratum_walsbyi-6] Tully, Benjamin; Emerson, Joanne; Andrade, Karen; Brocks, Jochen; Allen, Eric; Banfield, Jillian; Heidelberg, Karla (September 16, 2014). "De novo sequences of Haloquadratum walsbyi from Lake Tyrrell, Australia, reveal a variable genomic landscape". Archaea. 2015: 875784. doi:10.1155/2015/875784. PMC 4330952. PMID 25709557.

[taxonomybook-7] Ventosa, A.; Marquez, M.; Sanchez-Porro, C.; Haba, R. (2012). Advances in understanding the biology of halophilic microorganisms ([Updated ed.]. ed.). Dordrecht: Springer, Dordrecht. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-5539-0_3. ISBN 978-94-007-5538-3.

[PhosphorusCycle-8] Yadav, Ajar Nath; Sharma, Divya; Gulati, Sneha; Singh, Surender; Dey, Rinku; Pal, Kamal Krishna; Kaushik, Rajeev; Saxena, Anil Kumar (28 July 2015). "Haloarchaea Endowed with Phosphorus Solubilization Attribute Implicated in Phosphorus Cycle". Scientific Reports. 5 (1): 12293. Bibcode:2015NatSR...512293Y. doi:10.1038/srep12293. PMC 4516986. PMID 26216440.

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