| 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 | |
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Acetohalobium arabaticum |
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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.