Tags: Archaea.
Haloquadratum (salt square) is a genus of the family Halobacteriaceae. The first species to be identified in this group Haloquadratum walsbyi is highly unusual since its cells are shaped like flat square boxes.First discovered in 1980 by A.E. Walsby in the Gavish Sabkha a coastal brine pool on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt this archaeon was not cultured until 2004.
