halobacterium

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halobacterium - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  halobacter \halobacter\, halobacterium \halobacterium\n.; pl.
     halobacteria, or halobacters.
     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.
  
     Syn: halobacteria, halobacter.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

halobacterium - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  halobacterium
      n 1: halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or
           salt flats [syn: halobacteria, halobacterium,
           halobacter]