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

Gender: 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 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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Record number: 772538