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