title: Acetohalobium
text: # Acetohalobium
  
  Acetohalobium is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The name Acetohalobium derives from: Latin acetum, vinegar; Greek noun hals (ἅλς), 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.
  
  