Halohasta

• Main Author: Oren, Aharon
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01338; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2F9781118960608.gbm01338; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01338; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/9781118960608.gbm01338

Ha.lo.has'ta. Gr. n. hals, halos salt; L. fem. n. hasta a rod; N.L. fem. n. Halohasta rod‐shaped cells living in salty conditions. Euryarchaeota / Halobacteria / Haloferacales / Halorubraceae / Halohasta The genus Halohasta , classified with the family Haloferacaceae , order Haloferacales , class Halobacteria , consists of red pigmented, extremely halophilic rods that lyse in distilled water. They are obligately aerobic heterotrophs able to grow in defined media with a number of sugars, organic acids, and amino acids. Acids may be produced from carbohydrates. Polar lipids are diphytanyl diether derivatives of phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylglycerol, the methyl ester of phosphatidylglycerol phosphate, phosphatidylglycerol sulfate, and one major glycolipid chromatographically identical to the sulfated diglycosyl diether lipid S‐ DGD ‐1. The phylogenetically closest related genus is Halonotius . Currently, the genus consists of two species, Halohasta litorea (the type species of the genus) and Halohasta litchfieldiae . The DNA G + C content is 58.9–62.9 mol%. Isolates of the species have been recovered from marine salterns and Deep Lake, Antarctica. DNA G + C content (mol%) : 58.9–62.9 (genome sequence and T m ). Type species : Halohasta litorea .