Halanaerobium praevalens

Halanaerobium praevalens
Scanning electron micrograph of a few straight rod-shaped H. praevalens bacteria, with 2-micrometer scale marker.
H. praevalens type species GSLT – scanning electron micrograph
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Halanaerobiales
Family:
Halanaerobiaceae
Genus:
Halanaerobium
Species:
H. praevalens
Binomial name
Halanaerobium praevalens
Zeikus et al., 1984[1][2]
Type strain
GSLT (a.k.a. DSM 2228 / ATCC 33744)[2]

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.[1][2]

  1. ^ a b Zeikus, J. G.; Hegge, P. W.; Thompson, T. E.; Phelps, T. J.; Langworthy, T. A. (July 1983). "Isolation and description of Haloanaerobium praevalens gen. nov. and sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic halophile common to Great Salt Lake sediments". Current Microbiology. 9 (4): 225–233. doi:10.1007/bf01567586. S2CID 25305022.
  2. ^ a b c Ivanova, Natalia; Sikorski, Johannes; Chertkov, Olga; Nolan, Matt; Lucas, Susan; Hammon, Nancy; Deshpande, Shweta; Cheng, Jan-Fang; Tapia, Roxanne; Han, Cliff; et al. (2011-06-30). "Complete genome sequence of the extremely halophilic Halanaerobium praevalens type strain (GSLT)". Standards in Genomic Sciences. 4 (3): 312–321. doi:10.4056/sigs.1824509. ISSN 1944-3277. PMC 3156398. PMID 21886858.