error that even the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria made in as noted in Note: Species of Deleya and Halovibrio are now Halomonas Etymology The names derives from Halomonas, which is the type genus of the family, plus the suffix -aceae, ending to denote a family Research Geomicrobiologist Felisa Wolfe-Simon with a NASA funded team is researching a particular strain the family Halomonadaceae, named GFAJ-1, isolated and cultured from sediments collected along the shore of Mono Lake, near Yosemite National Park in eastern California. This GFAJ-1 strain of Halomonadaceae can grow in the presence of high concentrations of arsenic. See also Geomicrobiology References External links NASA - Astrobiology Magazine: "Searching for Alien Life, on Earth" — (October 2009) NASA.gov: "NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical" — (December 2010) Science Express abstract of F. Wolfe-Simon, et al.: "A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus." - (December 2010)'' Oceanospirillales Geomicrobiology