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Description:
This bacterium occurs in very large numbers and gives certain regions of water deriving from the spring a very bright red colour. The colour comes from the rhodopsin pigment. Phase contrast microscopy.
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- Archaea (archaeans)
- Euryarchaeota
- Halobacteria (Salt-loving Archaebacteria)
- Halobacteriales
- Halobacteriaceae
- Halobacterium
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