Halococcus hamelinensis
Species of archaea
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Halococcus hamelinensis is a halophilic archaeon isolated from the stromatolites in Australia. These living stromatolites are exposed to extreme conditions of salinity, desiccation and UV radiation.[3] H. hamelinensis is able to survive high UVC radiation doses due to the presence of the bacteria-like nucleotide excision repair genes uvrA, uvrB and uvrC (that encode the UvrABC endonuclease) as well as the photolyase phr2 gene.[3] The uvrA, uvrB and uvrC genes are upregulated upon UVC irradiation.[3]
| Halococcus hamelinensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Kingdom: | Methanobacteriati |
| Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
| Class: | Halobacteria |
| Order: | Halobacteriales |
| Family: | Halococcaceae |
| Genus: | Halococcus |
| Species: | H. hamelinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Halococcus hamelinensis Goh et al. 2006[1] | |
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