Russell H. Vreeland

TL;DR: The isolation and growth of a previously unrecognized spore-forming bacterium (Bacillus species, designated 2-9-3) from a brine inclusion within a 250 million-year-old salt crystal from the Permian Salado Formation is reported.

TL;DR: A combination of morphology, salt tolerance, and guanine plus cytosine content supports the establishment of a new genus, Halomonas, in Family II (Vibrionaceae) of part 8, Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Bacteria, of Bergey's Manual (8th edition).

TL;DR: The minimal standards are considered as guidelines for authors to prepare descriptions of novel taxa and have been endorsed by the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Halomonadaceae.

TL;DR: Three lines of taxonomic evidence: phenotype, lipid patterns, and phylogeny, support creation of a new genus and species within the halophilic Archaea, suggested for which the name suggested is Halosimplex carlsbadense.

TL;DR: A novel extremely halophilic archaeon was isolated from the solar salterns of Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico and cannot be classified in one of the recognized genera, but occupies a position that is distantly related to the genus Haloferax, justifying the creation of a new genus and a new species.