| Halomonas | |
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| Rusticles of the RMS Titanic containing H. titanicae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Oceanospirillales |
| Family: | Halomonadaceae |
| Genus: | Halomonas Vreeland et al. 1980 emend. Dobson and Franzmann 1996 |
| Type species | |
| Halomonas elongata | |
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Halomonas is a genus of halophilic (salt-tolerating) bacteria. It grows over the range of 5 to 25% NaCl.[citation needed]
The type species of this genus is Halomonas elongata.[1]
- ^ Vreeland, R.H.; Litchfield, C.D.; Martin, E.L.; Elliot, E. (1980). "Halomonas elongata, a new genus and species of extremely salt-tolerant bacteria". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 30 (2): 485–495. doi:10.1099/00207713-30-2-485.