Haloferacales
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Haloferacales is an order of halophilic, chemoorganotrophic or heterotrophic archaea within the class Haloarchaea.[3] The type genus of this order is Haloferax.[4]
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Haloferacales | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Euryarchaeota |
Class: | Halobacteria |
Order: | Haloferacales Gupta et al. 2015 |
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The name Haloferacales is derived from the Latin term Haloferax, referring to the type genus of the order and the suffix "-ales," an ending used to denote an order. Together, Haloferacales refers to an order whose nomenclatural type is the genus Haloferax.