Domain Bacteria Family Acetobacteraceae Phylum "Proteobacteria" Order Rhodospirillales | Class Alphaproteobacteria Genus Acidiphilium Rank Species | |
Similar Acidiphilium, Acidimicrobium ferrooxidans, Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, Leptospirillum ferriphilum, Acidithiobacillus | ||
Acidiphilium cryptum is a species of heterotrophic bacteria, the type species of its genus. It is gram-negative, aerobic, mesophilic and rod-shaped. It does not form endospores and some cells are motile by means of one polar flagellum or two lateral flagella Lhet2 (=ATCC 33463) is the type strain.
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