Halorhabdus tiamatea

Halorhabdus tiamatea
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Halobacteriales
Family: Haloarculaceae
Genus: Halorhabdus
Species:
H. tiamatea
Binomial name
Halorhabdus tiamatea
Antunes et al. 2008

Halorhabdus tiamatea is a halophilic archaeon isolated from the Red Sea. With its extremely high salinity optimum of 27% NaCl, Halorhabdus has one of the highest reported salinity optima of any living organism.