Acetohalobium

Acetohalobium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Halanaerobiales
Family:	Halobacteroidaceae
Genus:	Acetohalobium
Type species
A. arabaticum

Acetohalobium is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

The name Acetohalobium derives from: Latin acetum, vinegar; Greek noun halos (ἁλός), salt; Greek bios (βίος), life; giving Acetohalobium, acetate-producing organism living in salt.

The genus contains a single species, namely A. arabaticum ( Zhilina and Zavarzin 1990), type species of the genus; Latin arabaticum, from Arabat, a peninsula between the Sea of Azov and Sivash.

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