Overview

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Haloferax massiliensis is a Gram-negative, non-spore-forming, aerobic, non-motile, coccus bacterium. It has been detected in at least 1 gut microbiome compilation study or metastudy. Haloferax massiliensis is probably a rare gut coloniser. (Khelaifia2016)

This organism has been recovered from the faeces of an obese Amazonian woman. Pathogenicity status unknown, or very unlikely to be pathogenic. A possible gut commensal.

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QUIRKS

A halophilic archea

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Khelaifia2016);

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	Character	Response
🌡	Temperature tolerance:	grows at 37℃;
	Active enzymes:	catalase; oxidase;

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SPECIAL FEATURES

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	Character	Response

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References

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SPECIFIC REFERENCES FOR HALOFERAX MASSILIENSIS

Khelaifia2016 - Haloferax massiliensis sp. nov., the first human-associated halophilic archaea.

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GUT MICROBIOME COMPILATIONS AND METASTUDIES FOR HALOFERAX MASSILIENSIS

Lagier2016 - Culture of previously uncultured members of the human gut microbiota by culturomics.

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