| Acidocella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodospirillales |
| Family: | Acetobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Acidocella Kishimoto et al. 1996 |
| Type species | |
| A. facilis | |
Acidocella is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). [1] Its members are acidophilic.
The name Acidocella derives from Neo-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. [2]
The genus contains: [2]