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halobacteria

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hal•o•bac•te•ri•a n.pl., sing. -te•ri•um

rod-shaped archaebacteria, as of the genera Halobacterium and Halococcus, occurring in saline environments as the Dead Sea, salt flats, and brine, and using the pigment bacteriorhodopsin rather than chlorophyll for photosynthesis. Also called hal•o•bac•ters

1975–80; halo- + bacteria; compare Neo-Latin Halobacterium a genus of such bacteria

'halobacteria' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

bacteriorhodopsin - halophile

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