Acidianus sulfidivorans | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Crenarchaeota |
Phylum: | Crenarchaeota |
Class: | Thermoprotei |
Order: | Sulfolobales |
Family: | Sulfolobaceae |
Genus: | Acidianus |
Species: | A. sulfidivorans |
Binomial name | |
Acidianus sulfidivorans Plumb et al., 2007 |
Acidianus sulfidivorans is a species of archaeon. 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)).