Halobacter

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  halobacter \halobacter\, halobacterium \halobacterium\n.; pl.
     {halobacteria}, or {halobacters}.
     Any halophilic bacterium of the archaebacteria group,
     expecially of the genera {Halobacterium} and {Halococcus},
     which live in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or
     salt flats.


  
     Syn: halobacteria, halobacter.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  halobacter
       n : halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or
           salt flats [syn: {halobacteria}, {halobacterium}]