Halorubrum sodomense

Classification

Archaea; Euryarchaeota; Halobacteria; Haloferacales; Halorubraceae

Species

Halorubrum sodomense

NCBI: [1]

Genus species

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

Genome Structure

In the genome: Two chromosomes and one plasmid, Circular shape, Proteins functioning in high saline/low temperature environments

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 from surface water of Dead Sea, Recombination has genetic information exchanged, mesophilic temperature ranges, biosafety risk group level 1

References

BacDive. “Halorubrum Sodomense RD 26 Is a Mesophilic Archaeon of the Family Halorubraceae.” BacDive, https://bacdive.dsmz.de/strain/5939. “Taxonomy Browser (Root).” National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi. 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. “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.

Author

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