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halobacteria

[ hal-oh-bak-teer-ee-uh ]

plural noun

Microbiology.
singular halobacterium
  1. former name of the haloarchaea, assigned before the archaea were recognized as organisms distinct from bacteria.


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Origin of halobacteria1

First recorded in 1975–80; halo- + bacteria; compare New Latin Halobacterium a genus of such bacteria
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Instead, tests have indicated the source of the pink hue was likely halobacteria, a type of archaea, or single-celled organism that thrive in bodies of water with high levels of salt, the service said.

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The preliminary theory is that halobacteria, a single-celled organism that thrives in high-salinity environments, has bloomed and turned the water pink.

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Instead an organism called halobacteria might be the culprit.

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Bisson encouraged the modified halobacteria to replicate and sequenced their DNA to ensure the new code was unaltered.

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The pink color of this lake comes from its high salt content and the organisms living inside of it: algae and little dudes called halobacteria.

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