halobacteria
Noun
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halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats
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Some species of halobacteria have acidic proteins that resist the denaturing effects of salts.
Of particular note are the extreme halophiles or haloarchaea (often known as halobacteria ), a group of archaea, which require at least a 2 M salt concentration and are usually found in saturated solutions (about 36% w/v salts).
The new organisms that then later came to dominate the extraction of light were selected to exploit those portions of the spectrum not used by the halobacteria.