Biology:Halorubrum salsolis

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Short description: Species of archaeon

Halorubrum salsolis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Haloferacales
Family: Halorubraceae
Genus: Halorubrum
Species:
H. salsolis
Binomial name
Halorubrum salsolis

"Halorubrum salsolis" is an undescribed species of halobacteria which is known to live in the Great Salt Lake in the United States.[1]

The microbe was named by two children who took part in a naming contest held by the discoverers of the organism in 2006; the children independently suggested salsolis as the species name for the microbe.[2]

This halophilic extremophile lives in water 10 times saltier than the ocean.[1] It contains carotenoids that make it resistant to ultraviolet rays.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/04/prweb374902.htm Breaking News In the Worldwide Scientific Community: Two Kids Leave a Permanent Mark on Science Press Release April 22, 2006.
  2. "RISING STARS". Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 312 (5775): 843. 12 May 2006. doi:10.1126/science.312.5775.843a. http://science.sciencemag.org/content/312/5775/newsmakers. Retrieved 13 August 2018. 

Further reading

  • Ines Boujelben; Manuel Martínez-García; Jos van Pelt; Sami Maalej (Oct 2014). "Diversity of cultivable halophilic archaea and bacteria from superficial hypersaline sediments of Tunisian solar salterns". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 106 (4): 675–692. doi:10.1007/s10482-014-0238-9. PMID 25064091. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5643447 entry