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Halobacterium salinarum

Salt-loving archaeon

Culture number: OMC-0082 · Record ID: OMN-MIC-0082

Genus
Halobacterium
Culture category
Archaea
Host / substrate
Salt crust
Collection date
2022-10-28
Location
Sohar, Al Batinah
Holding institution
Arid Lands Research Unit (Demo)

Overview

Culture identity

All values on this page are synthetic demonstration data, generated for this prototype.

Scientific classification

ArchaeaMethanobacteriotaHalobacteriaHalobacterialesHalobacteriaceaeHalobacteriumHalobacterium salinarum
Record type
Microbial culture
Strain type
Cryopreserved strain
Batches
4
Molecular status
Not yet sequenced

Resource network

This record

OMC-0082

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Host & source

Isolation origin

Where this culture was isolated from. A source relationship is documented fact — it does not by itself prove the organism caused any observed symptoms.

Environmental substrate

Salt crust

Substrate
Crystallised salt crust, sabkha
Source type
Environmental
SALT CRUST↓ source of isolationCULTURE OMC-0082↓MOLECULAR DATA

No disease symptoms recorded

No symptoms were documented on the source material, and this organism is not assumed to be pathogenic.

Collection

Geographic origin

The recorded collection location of this culture.

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Sohar, Al Batinah · collected 2022-10-28 by S. Al-RawahiOpen geographic explorer

Culture management

Culture lifecycle

Documented batches and transfer events for this culture, in chronological order.

Current status

Active — cryopreserved backup held

Culture number
OMC-0082
Batches
4
Transfer events
3

Batch explorer

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Transfer history

2022-11-24 · batch B2022-066

Culture registered

Registered at Arid Lands Research Unit (Demo) as culture OMC-0082.

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Molecular data

Genomic explorer

Markers, sequence files and DNA barcodes linked to this culture. Marker availability follows the organism group — not every culture has ITS or TEF data.

Not yet sequenced

Material is preserved and available for molecular work, but no sequence data is linked to this record yet.

Research

Research & provenance

How this record came to be, and literature linked to it.

Data provenance

  1. Isolation

    Isolated from salt crust at Sohar, 2022-10-28

  2. Culture registration

    Arid Lands Research Unit (Demo) · 2022-11-24

  3. Culture management

    4 batches · 3 transfers (demo)

  4. Molecular data

    None yet

No publications linked

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