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SporohalobacterRANK: GenusTAXONOMY: Bacteria -> Terrabacteria group -> Firmicutes -> Clostridia -> Halanaerobiales -> Halobacteroidaceae -> Sporohalobacter OVERVIEW: Gram-stain-negative, rod-shaped cells, motile by peritrichous flagella. Halophilic, growing optimally at 1.4–1.5 M NaCl and requiring a minimum of 0.7 M NaCl for growth. Temperature optimum about 40 °C. Strictly anaerobic. Ferments amino acids with production of acetate, propionate and other acids, H2, and CO2. Sugars poorly used. Endospores produced. Gas vesicles are attached to the endospores in the single species described. DNA G+C content (mol%): 31.5 (Bd). Type species: Sporohalobacter lortetii |