Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.889

Name

Acidiphilium Harrison 1981 emend. Okamura et al. 2015

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980 emend. Hördt et al. 2020

Members

species	Acidiphilium cryptum Harrison 1981
species	Acidiphilium acidophilum (Harrison 1983) Hiraishi et al. 1998
species	Acidiphilium aminolytica (sic) Kishimoto et al. 1994
species	Acidiphilium angustum Wichlacz et al. 1986 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
species	Acidiphilium facile corrig. Wichlacz et al. 1986
species	Acidiphilium iwatense Okamura et al. 2015
species	Acidiphilium multivorum Wakao et al. 1995 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
species	Acidiphilium organovorum Lobos et al. 1986
species	Acidiphilium rubrum Wichlacz et al. 1986

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021
class Alphaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2006
order Rhodospirillales Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
family Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980 emend. Hördt et al. 2020
genus Acidiphilium Harrison 1981 emend. Okamura et al. 2015

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Acidiphilium Harrison 1981 emend. Okamura et al. 2015. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.889.

Source File

10.1601/tx.889.xml


This information was last reviewed on March 24, 2020.

References

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Kishimoto N, Kosako Y, Tano T. Acidiphilium aminolytica sp. nov.: an acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium isolated from acidic mineral environment. Curr Microbiol 1993; 27:131-136.
Wakao N, Nagasawa N, Matsuura T, Matsukura H, Matsumoto T, Hiraishi A, Sakurai Y, Shiota H. Acidiphilium multivorum sp. nov., an acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium from pyritic acid mine drainage. J. Gen. Arch Microbiol 1994; 40:143-159.
Wichlacz PL, Unz RF, Langworthy TA. Acidophilum angustum sp. nov., Acidophilum facilis sp. nov., and Acidophilum rubrum sp. nov.: acidophilic heterophilic bacteria isolated from acidic coal mine drainage. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:197-201. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-2-197.
Lobos JH, Chisolm TE, Bopp LH, Holmes DS. Acidiphilium organovorum sp. nov., an acidophilic heterotroph isolated from a Thiobacillus ferrooxidans culture. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1986; 36:139-144. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-36-2-139.