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Entrez PubMed Nucleotide Protein Genome Structure PMC Taxonomy BioCollections
   
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Database name Direct links Subtree links Links from type
BioProject 4 9 -
BioSample 41 47 -
Gene 1 18,687 -
Identical Protein Groups 11,452 16,719 -
Nucleotide 322 2,129 49
PMC 1,345 1,368 -
Protein 13,396 38,483 -
SRA 1 12 -
Structure 104 120 -
Taxonomy 4 4 -

Haloarcula marismortui

Taxonomy ID: 2238 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:2238)
current name
Haloarcula marismortui (ex Volcani 1940)  Oren et al. 1990 , nom. rev.  1) in [Oren A et al. (1990)]
type strain of Haloarcula marismortui: ATCC : 43049 , CGMCC : 1.1784 , DSM : 3752 , JCM : 8966 , VKM : B-1809
homotypic synonym:
"Halobacterium marismortui"  Elazari-Volcani 1940 , effective name  2) in [Elazari-Volcani B (1940)]
NCBI BLAST name: euryarchaeotes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym "Haloarcula sinaiiensis" (ex Javor et al. 1982)  Torreblanca et al. 1986 , effective name  4) in [Torreblanca M et al. (1986)]
type strain of Haloarcula sinaiiensis: personal : BJSG-2 , ATCC : 33800 , JCM : 8862 , CCM : 3665 , IAM : 13182 , NCIMB : 2268
heterotypic synonym "Haloarcula californiae"  Javor et al. 1982 , effective name  5) in [Javor B et al. (1982)]
type strain of Haloarcula californiae: personal : BJGN-2 , ATCC : 33799 , JCM : 8912
heterotypic synonym Flavobacterium (Halobacterium) maris-mortui
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Archaea; Methanobacteriati; Methanobacteriota; Stenosarchaea group; Halobacteria; Halobacteriales; Haloarculaceae; Haloarcula

Notes:

Comments and References:

Oren A et al. (1990) , Pubmed: abstract
Oren, A., Ginzburg, M., Ginzburg, B.Z., Hochstein, L.I., and Volcani, B.E. "Haloarcula marismortui (Volcani) sp. nov., nom. rev., an extremely halophilic bacterium from the Dead Sea." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1990) 40(2):209-210.
Liu JQ et al. (2025) , Pubmed: abstract
Liu, J.-Q., Zhu, L.-R., Mao, Y.-L., Ma, X., and Hou, J. "Genome-based reclassification of two Haloarcula species and characterization of Haloarcula montana sp. nov." Biology (Basel) (2025) 14(6):615.
Elazari-Volcani B (1940)
Javor B et al. (1982) , doi: 10.1128/jb.151.3.1532-1542.1982 , Pubmed: abstract
Javor, B., Requadt, C., and Stoeckenius, W. "Box-shaped halophilic bacteria." J. Bacteriol. (1982) 151(3):1532-1542.
Torreblanca M et al. (1986)
Torreblanca, M., Rodriguez-Valera, F., Juez, G., Ventosa, A., Kamekura, M., and Kates, M. "Classification of non-alkaliphilic halobacteria based on numerical taxonomy and polar lipid composition, and description of Haloarcula gen. nov. and Haloferax gen. nov." Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (1986) 8(1-2):89-99.
Javor B et al. (1982) , doi: 10.1128/jb.151.3.1532-1542.1982 , Pubmed: abstract
Javor, B., Requadt, C., and Stoeckenius, W. "Box-shaped halophilic bacteria." J. Bacteriol. (1982) 151(3):1532-1542.
Oren A et al. (1988)
Oren, A., Lau, P.P., and Fox, G.E. "The taxonomic status of "Halobacterium marismortui" from the Dead Sea: a comparison with Halobacterium vallismortis." Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (1988) 10(3):251-258.
Kamekura M & Seno Y (1993)
Kamekura, M., and Seno, Y. "Partial sequence of the gene for a serine protease from a halophilic archaeum Haloferax mediterranei R4, and nucleotide sequences of 16S rRNA encoding genes from several halophilic archaea." Experientia (1993) 49(6-7):503-513. [Erratum: Experientia (1993) 49(10):929.]
Elazari-Volcani B (1957)
Elazari-Volcani, B. "Genus XII. Halobacterium Elazari-Volcani, 1940." In: R.S. Breed, E.G.D. Murray, and N.R. Smith (ed.), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, seventh edition (1957). The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, pp. 207-212. [No PubMed record available.]
Straková D et al. (2023)
Straková, D., Galisteo, C., de la Haba, R.R., and Ventosa, A. "Characterization of Haloarcula terrestris sp. nov. and reclassification of a Haloarcula species based on a taxogenomic approach." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2023) 73(11):006157.
Mylvaganam S & Dennis PP (1992)
Mylvaganam, S., and Dennis, P.P. "Sequence heterogeneity between the two genes encoding 16S rRNA from the halophilic archaebacterium Haloarcula marismortui." Genetics (1992) 130(3):399-410.

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

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Haloarcula marismortui type strain (BD-ID 5904) meta-databases BacDive
Haloarcula marismortui (ex Volcani 1940) Oren et al. 1990 taxonomy/phylogenetic Encyclopedia of life
Haloarcula marismortui culture/stock collections Global Catalogue of Microorganisms
Haloarcula marismortui Elazari-Volcani, 1940 taxonomy/phylogenetic Ocean Biogeographic Information System
Haloarcula marismortui | SeqCode Registry taxonomy/phylogenetic SeqCode Registry
Haloarcula marismortui type strain (SI-ID 41617) meta-databases StrainInfo, Leibniz Institute DSMZ
Haloarcula marismortui Elazari-Volcani, 1940 taxonomy/phylogenetic World Register of Marine Species
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