Halorhabdus
| Halorhabdus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | Halobacteria |
| Order: | Halobacteriales |
| Family: | Haloarculaceae |
| Genus: | Halorhabdus Wainø et al. 2000 emend. Antunes et al. 2008 |
| Type species | |
| Halorhabdus utahensis Wainø et al. 2000
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Halorhabdus is a genus of halophilic archaeans in the Haloarculaceae. With an extremely high salinity optimum of 27% NaCl, Halorhabdus has one of the highest reported salinity optima of any living organism.