'halobacterium' definitions:
Definition of 'halobacterium'
(from WordNet)
noun
Halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats [syn: halobacteria, halobacterium, halobacter]
Definition of 'halobacterium'
From: 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]