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Halobacterium salinarium is a member of the Halobacteria, a group of obligate, extremely halophilic organisms requiring at least 15% NaCl in their growth media. No bacteriophage has previously been found in association with members of this group.
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Dundas, I. D., Srinivasan, V. R., and Halvorson, H. O., Can. J. Microbiol., 9, 619–624 (1963).
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TORSVIK, T., DUNDAS, I. Bacteriophage of Halobacterium salinarium. Nature 248, 680–681 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248680a0
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