Halococcus salifodinae
| Halococcus salifodinae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Halobacteriota |
| Class: | Halobacteria |
| Order: | Halobacteriales |
| Family: | Halococcaceae |
| Genus: | Halococcus |
| Species: | H. salifodinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Halococcus salifodinae Denner et al. 1994 | |
Halococcus salifodinae is an extremely halophilic archaeon, first isolated in an Austrian salt mine. It is a coccoid cell with pink pigmentation, its type strain being Blp (= ATCC 51437 = DSM 8989).