Found 2 items, similar to halobacterium.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: halobacterium halobacterium n : halophiles in saline environments such as the Dead Sea or salt flats [syn: halobacteria, halobacter]
English → English (gcide) Definition: halobacterium 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]