Halococcoides, Sorokin & Khijniak & Elcheninov & Toshchakov & Kostrikina & Bale & Sinninghe Damsté & Kublanov, 2019

Sorokin, Dimitry Y., Khijniak, Tatiana V., Elcheninov, Alexander G., Toshchakov, Stepan V., Kostrikina, Nadezhda A., Bale, Nicole J., Sinninghe Damsté, Jaap S. & Kublanov, Ilya V., 2019, Halococcoides cellulosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic cellulose-utilizing haloarchaeon from hypersaline lakes, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 69 (5), pp. 1327-1335 : 1334

DESCRIPTION OF HALOCOCCOIDES GEN. NOV.

Halococcoides [Ha.lo.coc.co′ i.des., Gr. n. hals, halos salt of the sea; N.L. masc. n. coccus (from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain, seed), coccus; L. suff. - oides (from Gr. suff. - eides, from Gr. n. eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure), resembling, similar; L. suff. - oides, resembling, similar; N.L. neut. n. Halococcoides , coccus-shaped halophile].

Extremely halophilic euryarchaeon, a member of the family Haloarculacea , order Halobacteriales , class Halobacteria, found in hypersaline athalassic lakes. Specialized in utilization of cellulose as growth substrate. The type species is Halococcoides cellulosivorans . The recommended three-letter abbreviation for this genus is Hcd.