Haloferax volcanii (DSM 5716, WFD II)

Name: Haloferax volcanii (DSM 5716, WFD II)
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BacDive ID 5934

Type strain

Strain Designation WFD II

Culture col. no. DSM 5716 WFD II

NCBI tax ID(s) 2246

Special Collections DSMZ

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Haloferax volcanii WFD II is an archaeon of the family Haloferacaceae.

Archaea

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 47992

DSM 5716

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-05-29 08:26:17

Domain Archaea

Phylum Methanobacteriota

Class Halobacteria

Order Halobacteriales

Family Haloferacaceae

Genus Haloferax

Species Haloferax volcanii

Full scientific name Haloferax volcanii (Mullakhanbhai and Larsen 1975) Torreblanca et al. 1986

Synonyms (6)

Halobacterium volcanii
Haloferax lucentensis
"Haloferax alicantei"
Haloferax alexandrinus
Haloferax lucentense
Haloferax alexandrinum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Haloferax volcanii** (1)	Type strain
5933	H. volcanii DS 2, DS2, DSM 3757, ATCC 29605, CCM 2852, ... (type strain)

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
2305	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

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
2305	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
2305	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#2305	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 5716
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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