Haloarcula quadrata sp. nov., a square, motile archaeon isolated from a brine pool in Sinai (Egypt) Oren, Aharon and Ventosa, Antonio and GutiƩrrez, M. Carmen and Kamekura, Masahiro,, 49, 1149-1155 (1999), doi = https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1149, publicationName = Microbiology Society, issn = 1466-5026, abstract= The motile, predominantly square-shaped, red archaeon strain 801030/1T, isolated from a brine pool in the Sinai peninsula (Egypt), was characterized taxonomically. On the basis of its polar lipid composition, the nucleotide sequences of its two 16S rRNA genes, the DNA G+C content (60.1 mol%) and in growth characteristics, the isolate could be assigned to the genus Haloarcula. However, phylogenetic analysis of the two 16S rRNA genes detected in this organism and low DNA-DNA hybridization values with related Haloarcula species showed that strain 801030/1T is sufficiently different from the recognized Haloarcula species to warrant its designation as a new species. A new species, Haloarcula quadrata, is therefore proposed, with strain 801030/1T (= DSM 11927T) as the type strain., language=, type=