Haloarcula vallismortis (DSM 3756, ATCC 29715, CCM 3404)

Name: Haloarcula vallismortis (DSM 3756, ATCC 29715, CCM 3404)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 5903

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 3756 ATCC 29715 CCM 3404 NCMB 2082 JCM 8877 7 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 662477 28442

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Haloarcula vallismortis DSM 3756 is a mesophilic prokaryote of the family Haloarculaceae.

mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 39674

ATCC 29715,IFO 14741,JCM 8877,DSM 3756,CCM 3404,NCMB 2082,IAM 13180,NCIMB 2082,VKM B-1791,VKM B-1398,NBRC 14741,BCRC 14343,CCRC 14343,IAM 13170,CGMCC 1.2048

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 09:48:11

Domain Methanobacteriati

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Halobacteria

Order Halobacteriales

Family Haloarculaceae

Genus Haloarcula

Species Haloarcula vallismortis

Full scientific name Haloarcula vallismortis (González et al. 1979) Torreblanca et al. 1986

Synonyms (1)

Halobacterium vallismortis

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
1342	HALOBACTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 372)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: HALOBACTERIA MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 372) Composition: NaCl 200.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 20.0 g/l Agar 20.0 g/l Yeast extract 5.0 g/l Casamino acids 5.0 g/l Na3-citrate 3.0 g/l KCl 2.0 g/l Na glutamate 1.0 g/l FeCl2 x 4 H2O 0.036 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 0.00036 g/l Distilled water
1342	HALOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 97)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: HALOBACTERIUM MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 97) Composition: NaCl 250.0 g/l Agar 20.0 g/l MgSO4 x 7 H2O 20.0 g/l Yeast extract 10.0 g/l Casamino acids 7.5 g/l Na3-citrate 3.0 g/l KCl 2.0 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 0.05 g/l MnSO4 x H2O 0.0002 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
1342	positive	growth	37	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	37	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125439		92.9

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
1342		Death Valley	USA	USA	North America
67770	Salt pools of the Death Valley	CA	USA	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1342	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
67770	ASM33777v1 assembly for Haloarcula vallismortis ATCC 29715	contig	GCA_000337775	662477.6	2531839650	662477	65.22
67770	IMG-taxon 2693429892 annotated assembly for Haloarcula vallismortis DSM 3756	scaffold	GCA_900106715	28442.11	2693429892	28442	64.91

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Haloarcula vallismortis strain CGMCC1.2048 16S ribosomal RNA (rrnA) gene, complete sequence	EF645687	1472	28442
20218	Haloarcula vallismortis strain CGMCC1.2048 16S ribosomal RNA (rrnB) gene, complete sequence	EF645688	1472	28442
20218	Haloarcula vallismortis gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8877	AB355982	1472	662477
20218	Haloarcula vallismortis gene for 16S rRNA, complete sequence, strain: JCM 8877	AB663358	1472	662477
20218	Haloarcula vallismortis DNA for 16S rRNA	D50851	1467	28442
67770	Haloarcula vallismortis 16S rRNA	U17593	1471	28442
124043	Haloarcula vallismortis gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8877.	LC198793	1405	662477
124043	Haloarcula vallismortis gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: JCM 8877.	LC198794	1405	662477

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	61	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
67770	64.7	Buoyant density centrifugation (BD)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Haloarcula vallismortis DSM 3756
NCBI: GCA_900106715

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	92.90	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	58.70	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	86.70	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	aerobe	87.40	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Haloarcula vallismortis ATCC 29715
PATRIC: 662477.6

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	78.07	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	82.33	no
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	83.04	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	80.04	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	84.09	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	84.00	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Genomic insights on carotenoid synthesis by extremely halophilic archaea Haloarcula rubripromontorii BS2, Haloferax lucentense BBK2 and Halogeometricum borinquense E3 isolated from the solar salterns of India.	Nagar DN, Mani K, Braganca JM.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-024-70149-4	2024
	Spectral tuning in sensory rhodopsin I from Salinibacter ruber.	Sudo Y, Yuasa Y, Shibata J, Suzuki D, Homma M.	J Biol Chem	10.1074/jbc.m110.187948	2011
	Exploring tRNA gene cluster in archaea.	Morgado SM, Vicente ACP.	Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz	10.1590/0074-02760180348	2019
Genetics	Isolation and Taxonomic Characterization of Novel Haloarchaeal Isolates From Indian Solar Saltern: A Brief Review on Distribution of Bacteriorhodopsins and V-Type ATPases in Haloarchaea.	Verma DK, Chaudhary C, Singh L, Sidhu C, Siddhardha B, Prasad SE, Thakur KG.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2020.554927	2020
	Halocin H4 is activated through cleavage by halolysin HlyR4.	Chen S, Dai Y, Ke J, Luo Y, Wang C, Hao Y, Zhang A, Han J, Xiang H.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02284-23	2024
	Genotypic and Lipid Analyses of Strains From the Archaeal Genus Halorubrum Reveal Insights Into Their Taxonomy, Divergence, and Population Structure.	de la Haba RR, Corral P, Sanchez-Porro C, Infante-Dominguez C, Makkay AM, Amoozegar MA, Ventosa A, Papke RT.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2018.00512	2018
Metabolism	Species Widely Distributed in Halophilic Archaea Exhibit Opsin-Mediated Inhibition of Bacterioruberin Biosynthesis.	Peck RF, Graham SM, Gregory AM.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00576-18	2019
	Expression analysis of microbial rhodopsin-like genes in Guillardia theta.	Konno M, Yamauchi Y, Inoue K, Kandori H.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0243387	2020
Metabolism	The Halophile protein database.	Sharma N, Farooqi MS, Chaturvedi KK, Lal SB, Grover M, Rai A, Pandey P.	Database (Oxford)	10.1093/database/bau114	2014
Enzymology	Heterologous and Homologous Expression of Proteins from Haloarchaea: Denitrification as Case of Study.	Martinez-Espinosa RM.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms21010082	2019
	Growth kinetics of extremely halophilic archaea (family halobacteriaceae) as revealed by arrhenius plots.	Robinson JL, Pyzyna B, Atrasz RG, Henderson CA, Morrill KL, Burd AM, Desoucy E, Fogleman RE, Naylor JB, Steele SM, Elliott DR, Leyva KJ, Shand RF.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.187.3.923-929.2005	2005
Transcriptome	Sequencing of seven haloarchaeal genomes reveals patterns of genomic flux.	Lynch EA, Langille MG, Darling A, Wilbanks EG, Haltiner C, Shao KS, Starr MO, Teiling C, Harkins TT, Edwards RA, Eisen JA, Facciotti MT.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0041389	2012
Genetics	Insights into head-tailed viruses infecting extremely halophilic archaea.	Pietila MK, Laurinmaki P, Russell DA, Ko CC, Jacobs-Sera D, Butcher SJ, Bamford DH, Hendrix RW.	J Virol	10.1128/jvi.03397-12	2013
Enzymology	Discovery of bacteriorhodopsins in Haloarchaeal species isolated from Indian solar salterns: deciphering the role of the N-terminal residues in protein folding and functional expression.	Verma DK, Baral I, Kumar A, Prasad SE, Thakur KG.	Microb Biotechnol	10.1111/1751-7915.13359	2019
	Transformation of members of the genus Haloarcula with shuttle vectors based on Halobacterium halobium and Haloferax volcanii plasmid replicons.	Cline SW, Doolittle WF.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.174.3.1076-1080.1992	1992
Metabolism	Dihydroxyacetone metabolism in Haloferax volcanii.	Ouellette M, Makkay AM, Papke RT.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2013.00376	2013
Phylogeny	Diverse antimicrobial interactions of halophilic archaea and bacteria extend over geographical distances and cross the domain barrier.	Atanasova NS, Pietila MK, Oksanen HM.	Microbiologyopen	10.1002/mbo3.115	2013
	Archaeal viruses multiply: temporal screening in a solar saltern.	Atanasova NS, Demina TA, Buivydas A, Bamford DH, Oksanen HM.	Viruses	10.3390/v7041902	2015
Phylogeny	Quantifying homologous replacement of loci between haloarchaeal species.	Williams D, Gogarten JP, Papke RT.	Genome Biol Evol	10.1093/gbe/evs098	2012
Enzymology	SwaI, a unique restriction endonuclease from Staphylococcus warneri, which recognizes 5'-ATTTAAAT-3'.	Lechner M, Frey B, Laue F, Anton-Botella J, Smith CL, Ankenbauer W, Schmitz GG.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/20.9.2293	1992
Phylogeny	Temperature-dependent expression of different guanine-plus-cytosine content 16S rRNA genes in Haloarcula strains of the class Halobacteria.	Sato Y, Kimura H.	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-018-1144-3	2019
	Reclassification of Halomicroarcula saliterrae Straková et al. 2024 and Halomicroarcula onubensis Straková et al. 2024 into the genus Haloarcula, as Haloarcula saliterrae comb. nov. and Haloarcula onubensis comb. nov., respectively.	Strakova D, Sanchez-Porro C, de la Haba RR, Ventosa A.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006510	2024
	Sugar alcohol degradation in Archaea: uptake and degradation of mannitol and sorbitol in Haloarcula hispanica.	Ortjohann M, Schonheit P.	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-024-01365-z	2024
	Draft genomes of halophilic Archaea strains isolated from brines of the Carpathian Foreland, Poland.	Lach J, Strapagiel D, Matera-Witkiewicz A, Staczek P.	J Genomics	10.7150/jgen.82493	2023
	Strategies of Environmental Adaptation in the Haloarchaeal Genera Haloarcula and Natrinema.	Strakova D, Sanchez-Porro C, de la Haba RR, Ventosa A.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms13040761	2025
	Genomic Insights Into New Species of the Genus Halomicroarcula Reveals Potential for New Osmoadaptative Strategies in Halophilic Archaea.	Duran-Viseras A, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.751746	2021
	Understanding the tolerance of halophilic archaea to stress landscapes.	Matarredona L, Zafrilla B, Camacho M, Bonete MJ, Esclapez J.	Environ Microbiol Rep	10.1111/1758-2229.70039	2024
	Preparation of cobalt nanoparticles from polymorphic bacterial templates: A novel platform for biocatalysis.	Jang E, Shim HW, Ryu BH, An DR, Yoo WK, Kim KK, Kim DW, Kim TD.	Int J Biol Macromol	10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2015.09.009	2015
	Identification, Antioxidant Capacity, and Matrix Metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9) In Silico Inhibition of Haloarchaeal Carotenoids from Natronococcus sp. and Halorubrum tebenquichense.	Delgado-Garcia M, Gomez-Secundino O, Rodriguez JA, Mateos-Diaz JC, Muller-Santos M, Aguilar CN, Camacho-Ruiz RM.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms11092344	2023
Metabolism	Perchlorate and halophilic prokaryotes: implications for possible halophilic life on Mars.	Oren A, Elevi Bardavid R, Mana L.	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-013-0594-9	2014
	A comparative study reveals the relative importance of prokaryotic and eukaryotic proton pump rhodopsins in a subtropical marginal sea.	Ma M, Li H, Wang C, Li T, Wang J, Yuan H, Yu L, Wang J, Li L, Lin S.	ISME Commun	10.1038/s43705-023-00292-y	2023
Genetics	A step into the rare biosphere: genomic features of the new genus Terrihalobacillus and the new species Aquibacillus salsiterrae from hypersaline soils.	Galisteo C, de la Haba RR, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2023.1192059	2023
Phylogeny	Assessment of 16S rRNA Gene-Based Phylogenetic Diversity of Archaeal Communities in Halite-Crystal Salts Processed from Natural Saharan Saline Systems of Southern Tunisia.	Najjari A, Stathopoulou P, Elmnasri K, Hasnaoui F, Zidi I, Sghaier H, Ouzari HI, Cherif A, Tsiamis G.	Biology (Basel)	10.3390/biology10050397	2021
	Spectroscopic studies of a sensory rhodopsin I homologue from the archaeon Haloarcula vallismortis.	Yagasaki J, Suzuki D, Ihara K, Inoue K, Kikukawa T, Sakai M, Fujii M, Homma M, Kandori H, Sudo Y.	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi901824a	2010
Metabolism	Glucose Metabolism and Acetate Switch in Archaea: the Enzymes in Haloferax volcanii.	Kuprat T, Ortjohann M, Johnsen U, Schonheit P.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00690-20	2021
	Crystal structure of Cruxrhodopsin-3 from Haloarcula vallismortis.	Chan SK, Kitajima-Ihara T, Fujii R, Gotoh T, Murakami M, Ihara K, Kouyama T.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0108362	2014
Metabolism	Opsin-Mediated Inhibition of Bacterioruberin Synthesis in Halophilic Archaea.	Peck RF, Plesa AM, Graham SM, Angelini DR, Shaw EL.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00303-17	2017
Enzymology	Hydrolytic enzyme screening and carotenoid production evaluation of halophilic archaea isolated from highly heavy metal-enriched solar saltern sediments.	Baati H, Siala M, Azri C, Ammar E, Trigui M.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1007/s42770-022-00855-6	2022
Metabolism	Sucrose Metabolism in Haloarchaea: Reassessment Using Genomics, Proteomics, and Metagenomics.	Williams TJ, Allen MA, Liao Y, Raftery MJ, Cavicchioli R.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.02935-18	2019
Metabolism	7-Deazaguanine modifications protect phage DNA from host restriction systems.	Hutinet G, Kot W, Cui L, Hillebrand R, Balamkundu S, Gnanakalai S, Neelakandan R, Carstens AB, Fa Lui C, Tremblay D, Jacobs-Sera D, Sassanfar M, Lee YJ, Weigele P, Moineau S, Hatfull GF, Dedon PC, Hansen LH, de Crecy-Lagard V.	Nat Commun	10.1038/s41467-019-13384-y	2019
	Potential and limits of Raman spectroscopy for carotenoid detection in microorganisms: implications for astrobiology.	Jehlicka J, Edwards HG, Osterrothova K, Novotna J, Nedbalova L, Kopecky J, Nemec I, Oren A.	Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci	10.1098/rsta.2014.0199	2014
	Isolation, characterization and exploring biotechnological potential of halophilic archaea from salterns of western India.	Singh A, Singh AK.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-017-1072-3	2018
Metabolism	Organic solvent tolerance of halophilic archaea, Haloarcula strains: effects of NaCl concentration on the tolerance and polar lipid composition.	Usami R, Fukushima T, Mizuki T, Yoshida Y, Inoue A, Horikoshi K.	J Biosci Bioeng	10.1263/jbb.99.169	2005
Enzymology	Structural and Kinetic Insights Into the Molecular Basis of Salt Tolerance of the Short-Chain Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase From Haloferax volcanii.	Fuentes-Ugarte N, Herrera SM, Maturana P, Castro-Fernandez V, Guixe V.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2021.730429	2021
	Unraveling Anaerobic Metabolisms in a Hypersaline Sediment.	Solchaga JI, Busalmen JP, Nercessian D.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.811432	2022
	Universality of thermodynamic constants governing biological growth rates.	Corkrey R, Olley J, Ratkowsky D, McMeekin T, Ross T.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0032003	2012
	Measurement of in situ halophilic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase activity from the permeabilized cells of archaebacterium Haloarcula vallismortis.	Patil AR, D'Souza SF.	J Gen Appl Microbiol	10.2323/jgam.43.163	1997
Metabolism	Protein thermodynamics can be predicted directly from biological growth rates.	Corkrey R, McMeekin TA, Bowman JP, Ratkowsky DA, Olley J, Ross T.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0096100	2014
	Novel bacterial rhodopsins from Haloarcula vallismortis.	Kitajima T, Hirayama J, Ihara K, Sugiyama Y, Kamo N, Mukohata Y.	Biochem Biophys Res Commun	10.1006/bbrc.1996.0407	1996
Metabolism	TK1211 Encodes an Amino Acid Racemase towards Leucine and Methionine in the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus kodakarensis.	Zheng RC, Lu XF, Tomita H, Hachisuka SI, Zheng YG, Atomi H.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00617-20	2021
	Solution structure of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Haloarcula vallismortis.	Ebel C, Altekar W, Langowski J, Urbanke C, Forest E, Zaccai G.	Biophys Chem	10.1016/0301-4622(94)00137-9	1995
	Structure-based insights into evolution of rhodopsins.	Zabelskii D, Dmitrieva N, Volkov O, Shevchenko V, Kovalev K, Balandin T, Soloviov D, Astashkin R, Zinovev E, Alekseev A, Round E, Polovinkin V, Chizhov I, Rogachev A, Okhrimenko I, Borshchevskiy V, Chupin V, Buldt G, Yutin N, Bamberg E, Koonin E, Gordeliy V.	Commun Biol	10.1038/s42003-021-02326-4	2021
Enzymology	Characterization of 1-phosphofructokinase from halophilic archaebacterium Haloarcula vallismortis.	Rangaswamy V, Altekar W.	Biochim Biophys Acta	10.1016/0304-4165(94)90158-9	1994
	Comparison of Miniaturized Raman Spectrometers for Discrimination of Carotenoids of Halophilic Microorganisms.	Jehlicka J, Culka A, Mana L, Oren A.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2019.01155	2019
	Applicability of Styrene-Maleic Acid Copolymer for Two Microbial Rhodopsins, RxR and HsSRI.	Ueta T, Kojima K, Hino T, Shibata M, Nagano S, Sudo Y.	Biophys J	10.1016/j.bpj.2020.09.026	2020
Enzymology	Characterization of the glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase from the extremely halophilic archaebacterium Haloarcula vallismortis.	Pruss B, Meyer HE, Holldorf AW.	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/bf00258139	1993
	Understanding Colour Tuning Rules and Predicting Absorption Wavelengths of Microbial Rhodopsins by Data-Driven Machine-Learning Approach.	Karasuyama M, Inoue K, Nakamura R, Kandori H, Takeuchi I.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-018-33984-w	2018
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Enzymology	Higher-plant chloroplast and cytosolic 3-phosphoglycerate kinases: a case of endosymbiotic gene replacement.	Brinkmann H, Martin W.	Plant Mol Biol	10.1007/bf00017803	1996
Enzymology	An unusual class I (Schiff base) fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase from the halophilic archaebacterium Haloarcula vallismortis.	Krishnan G, Altekar W.	Eur J Biochem	10.1111/j.1432-1033.1991.tb15712.x	1991
Enzymology	Halophilic class I aldolase and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase: some salt-dependent structural features.	Krishnan G, Altekar W.	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi00054a008	1993
Genetics	Open Issues for Protein Function Assignment in Haloferax volcanii and Other Halophilic Archaea.	Pfeiffer F, Dyall-Smith M.	Genes (Basel)	10.3390/genes12070963	2021
Metabolism	Fructose degradation in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii involves a bacterial type phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system, fructose-1-phosphate kinase, and class II fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase.	Pickl A, Johnsen U, Schonheit P.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00200-12	2012
Metabolism	Potassium stress growth characteristics and energetics in the haloarchaeon Haloarcula marismortui.	Jensen MW, Matlock SA, Reinheimer CH, Lawlor CJ, Reinheimer TA, Gorrell A.	Extremophiles	10.1007/s00792-014-0716-z	2015
Enzymology	Ketohexokinase (ATP:D-fructose 1-phosphotransferase) from a halophilic archaebacterium, Haloarcula vallismortis: purification and properties.	Rangaswamy V, Altekar W.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.176.17.5505-5512.1994	1994
Enzymology	Distribution and phylogenies of enzymes of the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway from archaea and hyperthermophilic bacteria support a gluconeogenic origin of metabolism.	Ronimus RS, Morgan HW.	Archaea	10.1155/2003/162593	2003
Metabolism	Structural and Functional Studies of a Newly Grouped Haloquadratum walsbyi Bacteriorhodopsin Reveal the Acid-resistant Light-driven Proton Pumping Activity.	Hsu MF, Fu HY, Cai CJ, Yi HP, Yang CS, Wang AH.	J Biol Chem	10.1074/jbc.m115.685065	2015
Metabolism	The primary structure of sensory rhodopsin II: a member of an additional retinal protein subgroup is coexpressed with its transducer, the halobacterial transducer of rhodopsin II.	Seidel R, Scharf B, Gautel M, Kleine K, Oesterhelt D, Engelhard M.	Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A	10.1073/pnas.92.7.3036	1995
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Metabolism	GlpR represses fructose and glucose metabolic enzymes at the level of transcription in the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii.	Rawls KS, Yacovone SK, Maupin-Furlow JA.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.00827-10	2010
	Archaeal Tuc1/Ncs6 homolog required for wobble uridine tRNA thiolation is associated with ubiquitin-proteasome, translation, and RNA processing system homologs.	Chavarria NE, Hwang S, Cao S, Fu X, Holman M, Elbanna D, Rodriguez S, Arrington D, Englert M, Uthandi S, Soll D, Maupin-Furlow JA.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0099104	2014
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Enzymology	Phylogenetic diversity, host-specificity and community profiling of sponge-associated bacteria in the northern Gulf of Mexico.	Erwin PM, Olson JB, Thacker RW.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0026806	2011
	Evolution of rhodopsin ion pumps in haloarchaea.	Sharma AK, Walsh DA, Bapteste E, Rodriguez-Valera F, Ford Doolittle W, Papke RT.	BMC Evol Biol	10.1186/1471-2148-7-79	2007
Metabolism	Novel insights into the diversity of catabolic metabolism from ten haloarchaeal genomes.	Anderson I, Scheuner C, Goker M, Mavromatis K, Hooper SD, Porat I, Klenk HP, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0020237	2011
Proteome	Life at the border: adaptation of proteins to anisotropic membrane environment.	Pogozheva ID, Mosberg HI, Lomize AL.	Protein Sci	10.1002/pro.2508	2014
	Discovering common stem-loop motifs in unaligned RNA sequences.	Gorodkin J, Stricklin SL, Stormo GD.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/29.10.2135	2001
	Endospores of halophilic bacteria of the family Bacillaceae isolated from non-saline Japanese soil may be transported by Kosa event (Asian dust storm).	Echigo A, Hino M, Fukushima T, Mizuki T, Kamekura M, Usami R.	Saline Syst	10.1186/1746-1448-1-8	2005
Metabolism	Amino acid biosynthesis in the halophilic archaeon Haloarcula hispanica.	Hochuli M, Patzelt H, Oesterhelt D, Wuthrich K, Szyperski T.	J Bacteriol	10.1128/jb.181.10.3226-3237.1999	1999
Phylogeny	The taxonomic status of "Halobacterium marismortui" from the Dead Sea: a comparison with Halobacterium vallismortis.	Oren A, Lau PP, Fox GE	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/S0723-2020(88)80009-2	1988
Genetics	Genome-Based Reclassification of Two Haloarcula Species and Characterization of Haloarcula montana sp. nov.	Liu JQ, Zhu LR, Mao YL, Ma X, Hou J.	Biology (Basel)	10.3390/biology14060615	2025
Genetics	The Hypersaline Soils of the Odiel Saltmarshes Natural Area as a Source for Uncovering a New Taxon: Pseudidiomarina terrestris sp. nov.	Galisteo C, de la Haba RR, Ventosa A, Sanchez-Porro C.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms12020375	2024
Genetics	Biotin pathway in novel Fodinibius salsisoli sp. nov., isolated from hypersaline soils and reclassification of the genus Aliifodinibius as Fodinibius.	Galisteo C, de la Haba RR, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.1101464	2022
	Haloglomus irregulare gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Halophilic Archaeon Isolated from a Marine Saltern.	Duran-Viseras A, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms8020206	2020
Phylogeny	Haloarcula argentinensis sp. nov. and Haloarcula mukohataei sp. nov., two new extremely halophilic archaea collected in Argentina.	Ihara K, Watanabe S, Tamura T.	Int J Syst Bacteriol	10.1099/00207713-47-1-73	1997

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