Halorubrum sodomense

Classification

Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Halobacteria; Haloferacales; Halorubraceae

Species

"Halorubrum sodomense"

NCBI: [1]

Description and Significance

Grows in high salt concentrated water, Uses ATP synthesis from a sunlight driven photoreceptor protein, Important for assisting with development of optogenetics, Salt tolerant

Genome Structure

In the genome: Two chromosomes and one plasmid, Circular shape, Proteins functioning in high saline/low temperature environments, Lives in hostile environments with immense solar exposure

Cell Structure, Metabolism and Life Cycle

On the surface: AR3 (Archaerhodopsin) retrieves energy from sun, Growth stems from high ion concentration of Mg2+

Ecology and Pathogenesis

Located on surface water of Dead Sea and other high salt concentration bodies of water, Recombination has genetic information exchanged, mesophilic temperature ranges, biosafety risk group level 1

References

Admin. “Legislative Texts and Technical Rules - TRBA 466 Classification of Prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea) into Risk Groups.” BAuA, Dec. 2010, https://www.baua.de/EN/Service/Legislative-texts-and-technical-rules/Rules/TRBA/TRBA-466.html.

BacDive. “Halorubrum Sodomense RD 26 Is a Mesophilic Archaeon of the Family Halorubraceae.” BacDive, https://bacdive.dsmz.de/strain/5939.

Bodaker, I, Itai, S, Suzuki, MT, Feingersch, R, Rosenberg, M, Maguire, ME, Shimshon, B, and others. Comparative community genomics in the Dead Sea: An increasingly extreme environment. The ISME Journal 4 (2010): 399–407, doi:10.1038/ismej.2009.141. published online 24 December 2009. ↵

“Halorubrum.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 13 Sept. 2022, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halorubrum#:~:text=Halorubrum%20sodomense%20was%20first%20identified%20in,tools%20in%20optogenetics%20for%20neuroscience%20research.&text=Halorubrum%20sodomense%20was%20first,optogenetics%20for%20neuroscience%20research.&text=was%20first%20identified%20in,tools%20in%20optogenetics%20for.

“Taxonomy Browser (Root).” National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi.

Author

Page authored by Hannah Arostegui, student of Prof. Bradley Tolar at UNC Wilmington.