Acidicaldus

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Acidicaldus
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Rhodospirillales
Family: Acetobacteraceae
Genus: Acidicaldus
Johnson et al. 2006
Type species
A. organivorans

Acidicaldus is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria), whose sole member is an acidophilic thermophile.

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Etymology

The name Acidicaldus derives from: Neo-Latin acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; Latin caldus, warm, hot; giving Acidicaldus, a (moderately) thermophilic acid-requiring microorganism. [1]

Species

The genus contains single species, [1] namely A. organivorans (corrig. Johnson et al. 2006, (type species of the genus); Neo-Latin organum, organic compound; Latin vorans, devouring; giving organivorans, devouring organic compounds.) [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Acidicaldus in LPSN ; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 .
  2. ↑ Oren, A.; Garrity, G. M. (2006). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (7): 1459–1460. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64507-0. PMC   5817221 . PMID   28891789.
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