Acetohalobium arabaticum Zhilina and Zavarzin 1990 is of special interest because of its physiology and its participation in the anaerobic C(1)-trophic chain in hypersaline environments. This is the first completed genome sequence of the family Halobacteroidaceae and only the second genome sequence in the order Halanaerobiales. The 2,469,596 bp long genome with its 2,353 protein-coding and 90 RNA genes is a part of the Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea project.
Keywords: Clostridia; GEBA; Halanaerobiales; anaerobe; chemolithotroph; consumption of trimethylamine; degradation of betaine; halophile; homoacetogen; mesophile; methylotroph; organotroph.