Haloferacales
Sign in to saveHaloferacales is an order of halophilic, chemoorganotrophic or heterotrophic archaea within the class Haloarchaea. The type genus of this order is Haloferax.
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- Instance of
- synonym
- Parent taxon
- Halobacteria
- Image
- Haloferax volcanii.png
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- taxon rank
- order
- taxon name
- Haloferacales
- LPSN URL
- lpsn.dsmz.de/order/haloferacales
- taxonomic type
- Haloferax
- Commons category
- Halobacteriales
- taxon synonym of
- Halobacteriales
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Haloferacales is an order of halophilic, chemoorganotrophic or heterotrophic archaea within the class Haloarchaea. The type genus of this order is Haloferax.
The name Haloferacales is derived from the Latin term Haloferax, referring to the type genus of the order and the suffix "-ales," an ending used to denote an order. Together, Haloferacales refers to an order whose nomenclatural type is the genus Haloferax.
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