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Genome Sequence

The whole genome of Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 has been sequenced and published. It consists of a 2 million base pair chromosome and 2 smaller minichromosomes or plasmids (pNRC-100 and pNRC-200). There are a total of 2,682 predicted genes which have been mapped (see below). This genome, as well as that of several other Haloarchaea are available on Haloweb.