Halococcaceae
Family in the order Halobacteriales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Halococcaceae is a family of halophilic and mostly chemoorganotrophic archaea within the order Halobacteriales.[1][2][3] The type genus of this family is Halococcus.[4] Its biochemical characteristics are the same as the order Halobacteriales.
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The name Halococcaceae is derived from the Latin term Halococcus, referring to the type genus of the family and the suffix "-ceae", an ending used to denote a family. Together, Halococcaceae refers to a family whose nomenclatural type is the genus Halococcus.