title: Halorhabdus tiamatea
text: # Halorhabdus tiamatea
  
  Halorhabdus tiamatea is a halophilic archaeon isolated from the Red Sea. With its extremely high salinity optimum of 27% NaCl, Halorhabdus has one of the highest reported salinity optima of any living organism.
  
  ## Genome structure
  
  The genome of Halorhabdus was sequenced in August 2014. The G + C content of its DNA is estimated to be 64%.
  
  