The accrual of genomic data from both cultured and uncultured microorganisms provides
new opportunities to develop systematic taxonomies based on evolutionary relationships …

As a group, the halophilic archaea (class Halobacteria) are the most salt-requiring and salt-
resistant microorganisms within the domain Archaea. Halophilic archaea flourish in …

Extremophiles possess unique cellular and molecular mechanisms to assist, tolerate, and
sustain their lives in extreme habitats. These habitats are dominated by one or more extreme …

Halophilic archaea of the class Halobacteria are the most salt-requiring prokaryotes within
the domain Archaea. In 1997, minimal standards for the description of new taxa in the order …

Currently, there are four mainstream taxonomic opinions on the classification of the class
Halobacteria at the family and order levels. The International Committee on Systematics of …

Our understanding of the microbial diversity inhabiting hypersaline environments, here
defined as containing> 100–150 g/L salts, has greatly increased in the past five years …

The Himalayas are one of the most mystical, yet least studied terrains of the world. One of
Earth's greatest multifaceted and diverse montane ecosystems is also one of the thirty-four …

The class Halobacteria is one of the most diverse groups within the Euryarchaeota phylum,
whose members are ubiquitously distributed in hypersaline environments, where they often …

A pure culture of alkaliphilic haloarchaeon strain AArc-S T capable of anaerobic growth by
carbohydrate-dependent sulfur respiration was obtained from hypersaline lakes in …

The icy moons of the outer Solar System harbor potentially habitable environments for life,
however, compared to the terrestrial biosphere, these environments are characterized by …