Sporohalobacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Sporohalobacter

| authority = Oren et al. 1988

| type_species = Sporohalobacter lortetii

| type_species_authority = (Oren 1984) Oren et al. 1988

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• S. lortetii
• S. salinus

| synonyms =

}}

Sporohalobacter are a genus of anaerobic bacteria belonging to the family Haloanaerobiaceae.{{cite journal |vauthors=Oren A, Gurevich P, Henis Y | title = Reduction of nitrosubstituted aromatic compounds by the halophilic anaerobic eubacteria Haloanaerobium praevalens and Sporohalobacter marismortui | journal = Appl Environ Microbiol | volume = 57 | issue = 11 | pages = 3367–70 | year = 1991 | pmid = 1669931 | pmc = 183973}} The organisms are spore-forming bacteria that grow in hypersaline environments.{{cite journal |vauthors=Ollivier B, Caumette P, Garcia J, Mah R | title = Anaerobic bacteria from hypersaline environments | journal = Microbiol Rev | volume = 58 | issue = 1 | pages = 27–38 | year = 1994 | pmid = 8177169 | pmc = 372951}}