Acidiphilium
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Acidiphilium is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).[1]
Etymology
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.[2]
Species
The genus contains 6 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]
- A. acidophilum ( (Harrison 1983) Hiraishi et al. 1998; 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 adjective acidophilum, acid loving.), this species used to known as Thiobacillus acidophilus[3]
- A. angustum ( Wichlacz et al. 1986; Latin neuter gender adj, angustum, narrow, small, with respect to nutritional versatility.)[4]
- A. cryptum ( Harrison 1981, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin neuter gender adjective cryptum (from Greek noun adjective krupton [sic]), hidden.)[5]
- A. multivorum ( Wakao et al. 1995; Latin adjective multus, many; Latin v. voro, to eat, devour; New Latin neuter gender adjective multivorum, devouring many kinds of substances.)[6]
- A. organovorum ( Lobos et al. 1986; New Latin pref. organo- (from Greek adjective organikos, of or pertaining to an organ), pertaining to organic chemical compounds; Latin v. voro, to eat, devour; New Latin neuter gender adjective organovorum, devouring organic compounds.)[7]
- A. rubrum ( Wichlacz et al. 1986; Latin adjective ruber -bra -brum, red; Latin neuter gender adjective rubrum, red colored.)[4]Acidocella aminolytica and Acidocella facilis used to be in this genus.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Classification of Genera AC 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.
- ^ a b Acidiphilium 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.
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Kishimoto (N.), Kosako (Y.), Wakao (N.), Tano (T.) and Hiraishi (A.): Transfer of Acidiphilium facilis and Acidiphilium aminolytica to the genus Acidocella gen. nov., and emendation of the genus Acidiphilium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1995, 18, 85-91.
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