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family of extremely halophilic archaea found in environments with high salt concentrations, such as salt lakes, evaporated brines, or salted fish; Halobacteriaceae are either obligate aerobes or facultative anaerobes and are divided into six genera: Haloarcula, Halobacterium, Halococcus, Haloferax, Natronobacterium, and Natronococcus.
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