This extremely halophilic archaebacterium – Haloarcula japonicus – is triangular in shape ... xylene, styrene, and heptanol. Thermophilic bacteria: A number of novel thermophilic bacteria were ...

It inhabits warm, salty waters such as the Indian River Lagoon and is part of a group of bacteria called "halophilic" because it requires salt. So it dies at salt levels typical in the ocean but ...