Acidiferrobacter

Acidiferrobacter is an acidophilic, thermotolerant and facultatively anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Ectothiorhodospiraceae with one known species (Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans).[2][1][3] Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans has been isolated from refuse from a coal mine from Calloway county in the United States.[4]

Acidiferrobacter
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Acidiferrobacter

Hallberg et al. 2011[1]
Type species
Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans[1]
Species

A. thiooxydans[1]

References

  1. "Acidiferrobacter". LPSN.
  2. Parker, Charles Thomas; Taylor, Dorothea; Garrity, George M (15 November 2011). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Taxonomic Abstract for the genera". NamesforLife, LLC. doi:10.1601/tx.22624. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Hallberg, KB; Hedrich, S; Johnson, DB (March 2011). "Acidiferrobacter thiooxydans, gen. nov. sp. nov.; an acidophilic, thermo-tolerant, facultatively anaerobic iron- and sulfur-oxidizer of the family Ectothiorhodospiraceae". Extremophiles : Life Under Extreme Conditions. 15 (2): 271–9. doi:10.1007/s00792-011-0359-2. PMID 21311931. S2CID 22634744.
  4. "Details: DSM-2392". www.dsmz.de.


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