HALOARCHAEA

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• Haloarchaea (or halophilic archaea) are aa class of the Euryarchaeota, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
  
  
• Halobacteria are now recognized as archaea, rather than bacteria and are one of the largest groups.
  
  
• These microorganisms are members of the halophile community, in that they require high salt concentrations to grow.
  
  
• Their high densities in the water often lead to pink or red colourations of the water (the cells possessing high levels of carotenoid pigments, presumably for UV protection).