Haloquadratum walsbyi

Haloquadratum walsbyi is a species of archaea that was discovered in a brine pool in the Sinai peninsula of Egypt. It is noted for both its flat, square shaped cells, and its unusual ability to survive in aqueous environments with high concentrations of sodium chloride and magnesium chloride.[1][2] The species' name haloquadratum literally translates as "salt square".

Haloquadratum walsbyi
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Halobacteria
Order: Halobacteriales
Family: Halobacteriaceae
Genus: Haloquadratum
Species: H. walsbyi
Binomial name
Haloquadratum walsbyi
Burns et al. 2007

References

  1. ↑ Oren, A.; Ventosa, A.; Gutierrez, M. C.; Kamekura, M. (1 July 1999). "Haloarcula quadrata sp. nov., a square, motile archaeon isolated from a brine pool in Sinai (Egypt)". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 49 (3): 1149–1155. doi:10.1099/00207713-49-3-1149. PMID 10425773.
  2. ↑ Bolhuis, Henk; Palm, Peter; Wende, Andy; Falb, Michaela; Rampp, Markus; Rodriguez-Valera, Francisco; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Oesterhelt, Dieter (2006-07-04). "The genome of the square archaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi : life at the limits of water activity". BMC Genomics. 7 (1): 169. doi:10.1186/1471-2164-7-169. ISSN 1471-2164.

Further reading

  • Lobasso, Simona; Lopalco, Patrizia; Vitale, Rita; Saponetti, Matilde Sublimi; Capitanio, Giuseppe; Mangini, Vincenzo; Milano, Francesco; Trotta, Massimo; Corcelli, Angela (9 February 2012). "The Light-Activated Proton Pump Bop I of The Archaeon Haloquadratum walsbyi". Photochemistry and Photobiology. 88 (3): 690–700. doi:10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01089.x. PMID 22248212.


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