However, it is likely that under normal conditions, an aerobic, chemoorganotrophic mode of nutrition is adopted.Grant W.DRoss H.N.MFEMS Microbiology ReviewsGrant, W. D. & H. N. M. Ross, 1986. The ecology and taxonomy of halobacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 39: 9–15....
Halophilic Archaea of the orderHalobacterialesare found in hypersaline environments in which salt concentrations exceed 150–200 g/liter. They inhabit salt lakes such as the Great Salt Lake, Utah, the Dead Sea, and other hypersaline water bodies such as the crystallizer ponds of solar salterns in...