Acidicaldus
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| Genus: | Acidicaldus
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| A. organivorans | |
Acidicaldus is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria), whose sole member is an acidophilic thermophile.
Etymology
The name Acidicaldus derives from: New 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); New Latin organum, organic compound; Latin vorans, devouring; giving organivorans, devouring organic compounds.)[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (7): 1459–1460. 2006. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64507-0. PMC 5817221.