Characterization of Halorubrum sfaxense sp. nov., a New Halophilic Archaeon Isolated from the Solar Saltern of Sfax in Tunisia

An extremely halophilic archaeon, strain ETD6, was isolated from a marine solar saltern in Sfax, Tunisia. Analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that the isolate was phylogenetically related to species of the genus Halorubrum among the family Halobacteriaceae, with a close relationship to Hrr...

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Main Authors: Hana Trigui, Salma Masmoudi, Céline Brochier-Armanet, Sami Maalej, Sam Dukan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:International Journal of Microbiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/240191
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