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Acidiphilium

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Alphaproteobacteria

Family
  
Acetobacteraceae

Phylum
  
Proteobacteria

Order
  
Rhodospirillales

Rank
  
Genus

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Acidithiobacillus, Leptospirillum ferriphilum, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans, Sulfobacillus acidophilus

Medical vocabulary what does acidiphilium mean


Acidiphilium is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).

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Medical vocabulary what does acidiphilium mean


Etymology

The name Acidiphilium derives from:
New Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; New Latin neuter gender adjective philum (from Greek neuter gender adjective philon (φίλον)), friend, loving; New Latin neuter gender noun Acidiphilium (sic), acid lover.

Species

The genus contains 6 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

  • A. acidophilum ( (Harrison 1983) Hiraishi et al. 1998, ; New Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; New Latin neuter gender adjective philum (from Greek neuter gender adjective philon (φίλον)), friend, loving; New Latin neuter gender adjective acidophilum, acid loving.), this species used to known as Thiobacillus acidophilus
  • A. angustum ( Wichlacz et al. 1986, ; Latin neuter gender adj, angustum, narrow, small, with respect to nutritional versatility.)
  • A. cryptum ( Harrison 1981, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin neuter gender adjective cryptum (from Greek noun adjective krupton), hidden.)
  • A. multivorum ( Wakao et al. 1995, ; Latin adjective multus, many; Latin v. voro, to eat, devour; New Latin neuter gender adjective multivorum, devouring many kinds of substances.)
  • A. organovorum ( Lobos et al. 1986, ; New Latin pref. organo- (from Greek adjective organikos, of or pertaining to an organ), pertaining to organic chemical compounds; Latin v. voro, to eat, devour; New Latin neuter gender adjective organovorum, devouring organic compounds.)
  • A. rubrum ( Wichlacz et al. 1986, ; Latin adjective ruber -bra -brum, red; Latin neuter gender adjective rubrum, red colored.)

    • Acidocella aminolytica and Acidocella facilis used to be in this genus.

    References

    Acidiphilium Wikipedia
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