halobacterium

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun halobacterium has 1 sense

halobacterium(n = noun.animal) halobacter, halobacteria - halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats; Array

is a kind of halophil, halophile

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CIDE DICTIONARY

halobacterium, n.

Any halophilic bacterium of the archaebacteria group, expecially of the genera Halobacterium and Halococcus, which live in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats. [WordNet 1.5]