First Insights into the Genome Sequence of the Halophilic Archaeon Halalkalicoccus paucihalophilus (DSM 24557).

Halalkalicoccus paucihalophilus is an extremely halophilic, Gram-negative, and nonmotile coccus-like archaeon, which was originally isolated from the Lop Nur region in the northwest of China. The genome consists of a single replicon (3.98 Mbp).