Archaea Table Flashcards
Halobacterium
Morphology: Rods
Habitat: Salted fish; hides;
hypersaline lakes; salterns
-Extreme halophiles
Halorubrum
Morphology: Rods
Habitat:Dead Sea; salterns
-Extreme halophiles
Haloarcula
Morphology: Irregular Discs
Habitats: Salt pools; Death Valley,
CA; marine salterns
-Extreme halophiles
Halococcus
Morphology: Cocci
Habitat: Salted fish; salterns
-Extreme halophiles
Natronobacterium
Morphology: Rods
Habitat: Highly saline soda lakes
-HALOALKAPHILES
Natronomonas
Morphology: Rods
Habitat: Soda Lakes
-HALOALKAPHILES
Natronococcus
Morphology: Cocci
Habitat: Soda Lakes
-HALOALKAPHILES
Natronorubrum
Morphology: Pleomorphic, Flattened
Habitat: Soda Lakes
-HALOALKAPHILES
Methanobacterium
Long rods
-METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA
Methanothermus
Rods
-METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA
Methanothermobacter
Rods
-METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA
Methanococcus
Irregular cocci
-METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA
Methanothermococcus
Cocci
-METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA
Methanospirillum
Spirilla
-METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA
Methanoplanus
Plate-shaped cells—occurring as thin plates
with sharp edges
-METHANOGENIC ARCHAEA