NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

MICROBIOLOGY

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The genus of Halobacterium salinarum is ____
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phylum
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class
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genus
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species
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Halobacterium salinarium is the type species of the genus Halobacterium in the order Halobacteriales and family Halo-bacteriaceae (2). This species was originally described as Pseu-domonas salinaria (3) and was later included in the genus Halobacterium as Halobacterium salinarium comb.

Detailed explanation-2: -Halophilic archaea belong to the order of Halobacteriales and can be found in a wide variety of high-salt ecosystems. The genus type of the Halobacteriaceae family is Halobacterium.

Detailed explanation-3: -Halobacterium salinarum HPC1-2 is a facultative anaerobe, Gram-negative, motile archaeon that was isolated from salt fermented fish. Halobacterium piscisalsi Yachai et al. 2008 is a later heterotypic synonym of Halobacterium salinarum Elazari-Volcani 1957.

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