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Acidocella

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Domain
  
Bacteria

Class
  
Alphaproteobacteria

Family
  
Acetobacteraceae

Phylum
  
"Proteobacteria"

Order
  
Rhodospirillales

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Acidiphilium, Acidimicrobium ferrooxidans, Leptospirillum ferriphilum

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

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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.

Species

The genus contains:

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

    • References

    Acidocella Wikipedia
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