| Acidicaldus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Rhodospirillales |
| Family: | Acetobacteraceae |
| Genus: | Acidicaldus Johnson et al. 2006 |
| Type species | |
| A. organivorans | |
Acidicaldus is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria), whose sole member is an acidophilic thermophile.
Etymology
The name Acidicaldus derives from: Neo-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); Neo-Latin organum, organic compound; Latin vorans, devouring; giving organivorans, devouring organic compounds.)2
References
References
- 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.
- Oren, A.; Garrity, G. M. (2006). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (7): 1459–1460. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64507-0. PMC 5817221. PMID 28891789.