| Entry | T02129 |
| Org code | hme |
| Name | Haloferax mediterranei ATCC 33500 |
| Category | Type strain |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:523841 |
| Lineage | Archaea; Methanobacteriati; Methanobacteriota; Halobacteria; Halobacteriales; Haloferacaceae; Haloferax; Haloferax mediterranei |
| Org group | Archaea; Methanobacteriota; Halobacteriales |
| Brite | KEGG organisms [BR:br08601]
KEGG organisms in the NCBI taxonomy [BR:br08610]
KEGG organisms in taxonomic ranks [BR:br08611] |
| Data source | GenBank (Assembly: GCA_000306765.2 Complete Genome) |
| Comment | Extremely halophilic archaeon.
Capable of producing poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) from unrelated cheap carbon sources.
First isolated from seawater evaporation ponds near Alicante, Spain. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: CP001868) |
| Plasmid | pHM100; Circular (GB: CP001869)
pHM300; Circular (GB: CP001870)
pHM500; Circular (GB: CP001871) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 3828
Number of RNA genes: 64 |
| Created | 2012 |
| Reference | PMID: 22843593 |
| Authors | Han J, Zhang F, Hou J, Liu X, Li M, Liu H, Cai L, Zhang B, Chen Y, Zhou J, et al. |
| Title | Complete genome sequence of the metabolically versatile halophilic archaeon Haloferax mediterranei, a poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) producer. |
| Journal | J Bacteriol 194:4463-4 (2012)
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00880-12 |
