Haloarcula quadrata

Haloarcula quadrata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Archaea
Phylum:	Euryarchaeota
Class:	Halobacteria
Order:	Halobacteriales
Family:	Halobacteriaceae
Genus:	Haloarcula
Species:	H. quadrata
Binomial name
Haloarcula quadrata Oren et al. 1999

Haloarcula quadrata is a species of archaea discovered in a brine pool in the Sinai peninsula of Egypt. It was one of the first strains of prokaryotes whose cells show a flat box-like shape.

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