Definitions for halobacterium
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Princeton's WordNet
halobacteria, halobacterium, halobacter(noun)
halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats
Wiktionary
halobacterium(Noun)
Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacteria, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Halobacterium
A genus of HALOBACTERIACEAE whose growth requires a high concentration of salt. Binary fission is by constriction.
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