Acidocella

Acidocella is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1] Its members are acidophilic.

Acidocella
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
"Proteobacteria"
Class:
Alphaproteobacteria
Order:
Rhodospirillales
Family:
Acetobacteraceae
Genus:
Acidocella
Type species
A. facilis

Etymology

The name Acidocella derives from New Latin acidum (from Latin acidus, sour), an acid; Latin cella, a store-room, a chamber and, in biology, a cell; giving Acidocella, an acid (-requiring) cell.[2]

Species

The genus contains:[2]

  • A. aluminiidurans Kimoto et al. 2010[3]
  • A. aminolytica (Kishimoto et al. 1994) Kishimoto et al. 1996, , formerly a member of the genus Acidiphilium[4]
  • A. facilis (Wichlacz et al. 1986) Kishimoto et al. 1996, type species of the genus, formerly a member of the genus Acidiphilium[4]

See also

References
  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  2. Acidocella entry in LPSN; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. PMID 9103655.
  3. Kimoto, K. I.; Aizawa, T.; Urai, M.; Bao Ve, N.; Suzuki, K. I.; Nakajima, M.; Sunairi, M. (2009). "Acidocella aluminiidurans sp. Nov., an aluminium-tolerant bacterium isolated from Panicum repens grown in a highly acidic swamp in actual acid sulfate soil area of Vietnam". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (4): 764–768. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.011569-0. PMID 19656936.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2011-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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