Acetohalobium arabaticum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Firmicutes |
Class: | Clostridia |
Order: | Halanaerobiales |
Family: | Halobacteroidaceae |
Genus: | Acetohalobium |
Species: | A. arabaticum |
Binomial name | |
Acetohalobium arabaticum |
Acetohalobium arabaticum is the type species of the genus Acetohalobium. It is a prokaryote that can expand its genetic code from 20 to 21 amino acids (by including pyrrolysine) under different conditions of growth.
Strain Z-7288T (= DSM 5501 = ATCC 49924) is the type strain of the species.