Acetohalobium arabaticum
| Acetohalobium arabaticum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Halanaerobiales |
| Family: | Halobacteroidaceae |
| Genus: | Acetohalobium |
| Species: | A. arabaticum
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| Binomial name | |
| Acetohalobium arabaticum Zhilina & Zavarzin 1990
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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.[1]
Strains
Strain Z-7288 (= DSM 5501 = ATCC 49924) is the type strain of the species.
References
- ^ Prat L, Heinemann IU, Aerni HR, Rinehart J, O'Donoghue P, Söll D (Dec 2012). "Carbon source-dependent expansion of the genetic code in bacteria". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (51): 21070–5. Bibcode:2012PNAS..10921070P. doi:10.1073/pnas.1218613110. PMC 3529041. PMID 23185002.