Halanaerobium praevalens
| Halanaerobium praevalens | |
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| Halanaerobium praevalens type species GSLT – scanning electron micrograph | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Halanaerobiales |
| Family: | Halanaerobiaceae |
| Genus: | Halanaerobium |
| Species: | H. praevalens
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| Binomial name | |
| Halanaerobium praevalens Zeikus et al., 1984
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| Type strain | |
| GSLT (a.k.a. DSM 2228 / ATCC 33744) | |
Halanaerobium praevalens is a moderately alkaliphilic, extremely halophilic bacterium that was first isolated from surface sediments of the Great Salt Lake, Utah and described by J.G. Zeikus et al. in 1983, with IJSB validation in 1984.