Haloplanus natans

{{Short description|Species of archaeon}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Haloplanus natans

| authority = Elevi Bardavid et al. 2007{{cite journal|last1=Bardavid|first1=Rahel Elevi|last2=Mana|first2=Lily|last3=Oren|first3=Aharon|title=Haloplanus natans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic, gas-vacuolate archaeon isolated from Dead Sea-Red Sea water mixtures in experimental outdoor ponds|journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology|volume=57|year=2007|issue=4 |pages=780–783|doi= 10.1099/ijs.0.64648-0|pmid=17392206|doi-access=free}}

| type_strain = RE-101, JCM 25092, DSM 17983}}

Haloplanus natans is a halophilic Archaeon in the family of Halobacteriaceae and the type species of the genus Haloplanus. It was isolated from controlled mesocosms with a mixture of water from the Dead Sea and the Red Sea.