Acidianus sulfidivorans

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A. sulfidivorans
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Acidianus sulfidivorans
Plumb et al., 2007

Acidianus sulfidivorans is a species of archaeon. [1] It is an extremely thermoacidophilic, obligately chemolithotrophic archaeon. It was first isolated from a solfatara on Lihir Island. Its cells are non-motile, Gram-negative, irregular-shaped cocci, 0.5-1.5 micrometres in size. It oxidises sulphur. The type strain is JP7(T) (=DSM 18786(T)=JCM 13667(T)).

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  1. Plumb JJ; Haddad CM; Gibson JA; Franzmann PD (July 2007). "Acidianus sulfidivorans sp. nov., an extremely acidophilic, thermophilic archaeon isolated from a solfatara on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, and emendation of the genus description". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 57 (Pt 7): 1418–23. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.64846-0 . PMID   17625168.

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