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.^[1]

Acetohalobium arabaticum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Halanaerobiales
Family:	Halobacteroidaceae
Genus:	Acetohalobium
Species:	A. arabaticum
Binomial name
Acetohalobium arabaticum Zhilina & Zavarzin 1990

Strains

Strain Z-7288 (= DSM 5501 = ATCC 49924) is the type strain of the species.

See also

• Genetic code