| Entry | T01200 |
| Org code | hvo |
| Name | Haloferax volcanii DS2 |
| Category | Reference genome; Type strain |
| Annotation | yes |
| Taxonomy | TAX:309800 |
| Lineage | Archaea; Methanobacteriati; Methanobacteriota; Halobacteria; Halobacteriales; Haloferacaceae; Haloferax; Haloferax volcanii |
| 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_000025685.1 Complete Genome) |
| Comment | Easily culturable moderate halophile.
Isolated from bottom sediment of the Dead Sea. |
| Chromosome | Circular (GB: CP001956) |
| Plasmid | pHV1; Circular (GB: CP001957)
pHV2; Circular (GB: CP001954)
pHV3; Circular (GB: CP001953)
pHV4; Circular (GB: CP001955) |
| Statistics | Number of protein genes: 4027
Number of RNA genes: 49 |
| Created | 2010 |
| Reference | PMID: 20333302 |
| Authors | Hartman AL, Norais C, Badger JH, Delmas S, Haldenby S, Madupu R, Robinson J, Khouri H, Ren Q, Lowe TM, et al. |
| Title | The complete genome sequence of Haloferax volcanii DS2, a model archaeon. |
| Journal | PLoS One 5:e9605 (2010)
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009605 |
