Cg. Montero et al., DNA-RIBOSOMAL-RNA HYBRIDIZATION STUDIES ON HALOCOCCUS-SACCHAROLYTICUSAND OTHER HALOBACTERIA, FEMS microbiology letters, 111(1), 1993, pp. 69-72
Several representative extremely halophilic archaea (formerly archaeba
cteria) were studied with respect to their genetic relatedness by usin
g a DNA-rRNA hybridization approach. Our results confirm the phylogene
tic relatedness of Halococcus morrhuae and Halococcus saccharolyticus
but support their separation as two different taxa. al least al specie
s level. In addition, this phylogenetic relatedness was significantly
lower than that between species belonging to the genera Haloferax and
Haloarcula.