Acetohalobium arabaticum
# 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.

## Strains

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

