The genus Halopiger was proposed by Gutiérrez et al. At the time of writing, the family Halobacteriaceae, the single family described within the order Halobacteriales, accommodated 40 recognized genera. The number of genera and species belonging to Halobacteria ( Archaea, Euryarchaeota) has increased recently due to studies of several different hypersaline environments (thalassohaline and athalassohaline) combined with the use of different isolation media and culture conditions. It was isolated from evaporitic sediment in El Golea Lake, Ghardaïa region (Algeria) as part of a project studying archaeal diversity in hypersaline Lakes of Algeria. This organism is a Gram-negative, extremely halophilic, moderately thermophilic and strictly aerobic archaeon.
strain IIH3 T (=KC 430940 =CSUR P3036 = DSM on-going deposit) is the type strain of H.
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