noun. An organism that requires a saline environment.

noun. an organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such an environment; a form of extremophile

noun. archaebacteria requiring a salt-rich environment for growth and survival

"The bacteria that grew in severely P-depleted and As-enriched conditions were identified as members of a halophile salt-loving family already known to accumulate intracellular As. When deprived of P, they grew slowly and looked bloated because they were full of vacuoles, cellular organelles that manage waste and grow larger and more numerous when cells are under stress."

halobacteria  halophilic  halophyte  halotolerance  

archaebacteria  archaebacterium  archaeobacteria  archeobacteria  

halobacter  halobacteria  halobacterium