Haloarcula quadrata

Haloarcula quadrata
SEM image of Haloarcula quadrata.
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Methanobacteriota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Halobacteriales
Family: Haloarculaceae
Genus: Haloarcula
Species:
H. quadrata
Binomial name
Haloarcula quadrata
Oren et al. 1999

Haloarcula quadrata is a species of archaea discovered in a brine pool in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It was one of the first strains of prokaryotes whose cells show a flat, box-like shape.[1]

They were categorized as Haloarcula on the basis of their polar lipid composition.[1]

  1. ^ a b Oren, A.; Ventosa, A.; Gutierrez, M. C.; Kamekura, M. (1 July 1999). "Haloarcula quadrata sp. nov., a square, motile archaeon isolated from a brine pool in Sinai (Egypt)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (3): 1149–1155. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-3-1149. PMID 10425773.
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