halobacteria

[ hal-oh-bak-teer-ee-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural noun

Microbiology.

singular halobacterium [hal-oh-bak-, teer, -ee-, uh, m].

former name of the haloarchaea, assigned before the archaea were recognized as organisms distinct from bacteria.

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First recorded in 1975–80; halo- + bacteria; compare New Latin Halobacterium a genus of such bacteria

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