Marinococcus halophilus

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

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| name = Marinococcus halophilus

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Bacilli

| ordo = Bacillales

| familia = Bacillaceae

| genus = Marinococcus

| species = M. halophilus

| binomial = Marinococcus halophilus

| binomial_authority = (Novitsky and Kushner 1976) Hao et al. 1985{{cite journal|last1=Parte|first1=A.C.|title=Marinococcus|journal=LPSN|url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/marinococcus}}

| type_strain = ATCC 27964, CCM 2706, CIP 104759, CIP 104819, DSM 20408, H5, HK 718, IAM 12844, JCM 2479, KCTC 2843, LMG 17439, NBRC 102359, NCIMB 13496, NRC 14033, NRCC14033, T.J. Novitsky 14033, VKM Ac-1985{{cite journal|title=Marinococcus halophilus Taxon Passport - StrainInfo|website=www.straininfo.net|url=http://www.straininfo.net/taxa/2390|language=en}}

| subdivision =

| synonyms = Planococcus halophilus

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Marinococcus halophilus is a Gram-positive and halophilic bacterium from the genus of Marinococcus which has been isolated from a salted mackerel.{{cite journal|last1=Louis|first1=P|last2=Galinski|first2=EA|title=Characterization of genes for the biosynthesis of the compatible solute ectoine from Marinococcus halophilus and osmoregulated expression in Escherichia coli.|journal=Microbiology|date=April 1997|volume=143 ( Pt 4)|issue=4|pages=1141–9|doi=10.1099/00221287-143-4-1141|pmid=9141677|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|title=Marinococcus halophilus|website=www.uniprot.org|url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/1371|language=en}}{{cite journal|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Osier|first2=Nicole Danielle|last3=Garrity|first3=George M|editor-first1=Charles Thomas |editor-first2=George M. |editor-last1=Parker |editor-last2=Garrity |title=Nomenclature Abstract for Marinococcus halophilus (Novitsky and Kushner 1976) Hao et al. 1985.|journal=The NamesforLife Abstracts|date=2009 |doi=10.1601/nm.5226|language=en}}{{cite journal|title=Details: DSM-20408|website=www.dsmz.de|url=https://www.dsmz.de/catalogues/details/culture/DSM-20408.html|language=en}}{{cite book|last1=Arora|first1=Sanjay|last2=Singh|first2=Atul K.|last3=Singh|first3=Y. P.|title=Bioremediation of Salt Affected Soils: An Indian Perspective|date=2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319482576|language=en}} Marinococcus halophilus produces ectoine.{{cite book|last1=Tuteja|first1=Narendra|last2=Singh|first2=Gill Sarvajeet|title=Plant Acclimation to Environmental Stress|date=2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9781461450016|language=en}}