Acidiphilium
| Acidiphilium | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Proteobacteria |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodospirillales |
| Family: | Acetobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Acidiphilium |
| Type species | |
| A. cryptum |
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Acidiphilium is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Acidiphilium derives from:
New Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; New Latin neuter gender adjective philum (from Greek neuter gender adjective philon (φίλον)), friend, loving; New Latin neuter gender noun Acidiphilium (sic), acid lover.
The genus contains 6 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely
Acidocella aminolytica and Acidocella facilis used to be in this genus.
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