Name: Acetohalobium arabaticum Zhilina and Zavarzin 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ra.ba’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. arabaticum, from Arabat, a peninsula between the Sea of Azov and Sivash

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ke-to-ha-LO-bi-um a-ra-BA-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 49924; DSM 5501; Z-7288

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X89077 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. A new extremely halophilic homoacetogen bacteria Acetohalobium arabaticum, gen. nov., sp. nov. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR. 1990; 311:745-747. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 35. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:470-471.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Acetohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1990. Publication: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. A new extremely halophilic homoacetogen bacteria Acetohalobium arabaticum, gen. nov., sp. nov. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR. 1990; 311:745-747. 🇷🇺
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Sikorski J, Lapidus A, Chertkov O, Lucas S, Copeland A, Glavina Del Rio T, Nolan M, Tice H, Cheng JF, Han C, et al. Complete genome sequence of Acetohalobium arabaticum type strain (Z-7288). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 3:57-65. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Acetohalobium Zhilina and Zavarzin 1990

Assigned by: Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA. A new extremely halophilic homoacetogen bacteria Acetohalobium arabaticum, gen. nov., sp. nov. Dokl. Akad. Nauk SSSR. 1990; 311:745-747. 🇷🇺

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