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Species of archaeon From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haloarcula quadrata is a species of archaea discovered in a brine pool in the Sinai peninsula of Egypt. It was one of the first strains of prokaryotes whose cells show a flat, box-like shape.[1]
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| SEM image of Haloarcula quadrata. | |
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| Species: | H. quadrata |
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| Haloarcula quadrata Oren et al. 1999 | |
They were categorized as Haloarcula on the basis of their polar lipid composition.[1]
The cells move using single or multiple flagella but lack gas vacuoles.[1] Species within the genus Haloarcula are Gram negative and extremely halophilic, and they can use any of several sources of carbon.[2]
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