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Acetohalobium

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Family
  
Halobacteroidaceae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Clostridia

Phylum
  
Firmicutes

Order
  
Halanaerobiales

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

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Etymology

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.

Species

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.

References

Acetohalobium Wikipedia