Species InformationThe Haloarcula marismortui ATCC 43049 genome is 4.27 Million bp long and contains approximately 4301 predicted genes. H. marismortui is a halophilic archaeon found in the Dead Sea, where it optimally grows at around 4.5 molar salt.
Taxonomy: Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Halobacteria; Halobacteriales; Halobacteriaceae; Haloarcula.
The most recent genome sequence draft was released Nov. 2004 by the Institute for Systems Biology, but there is no associated genome publication to date. Isolation: Int J Syst Bacteriol 40:209-10 (1990) Oren A, Ginzburg M, Ginzburg BZ, Hochstein LI, Volcani BE, "Haloarcula marismortui (Volcani) sp. nov., nom. rev., an extremely halophilic bacterium from the Dead Sea." Abstract: An extremely halophilic red archaebacterium isolated from the Dead Sea (Ginzburg et al., J. Gen. Physiol. 55: 187-207, 1970) belongs to the genus Haloarcula and differs sufficiently from the previously described species of the genus to be designated a new species; we propose the name Haloarcula marismortui (Volcani) sp. nov., nom. rev. because of the close resemblance of this organism to "Halobacterium marismortui," which was first described by Volcani in 1940. The type strain is... [Click above reference link for full abstract] Sequenced related species/strains: Halorubrum lacusprofundi ATCC 49239, Halomicrobium mukohataei, Halobacterium salinarum, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1, Halorhabdus utahensis, Haloferax volcanii DS2, Haloferax volcanii DS2, Haloquadratum walsbyi DSM 16790, Natrialba magadii ATCC 43099, Natronomonas pharaonis DSM 2160 | Browse Specific Gene/Feature Sets |
