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Acidisphaera

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{{Italic title}}{{Taxobox
| name = Acidisphaera
| domain = Bacteria
| phylum = "Proteobacteria"
| classis = Alphaproteobacteria
| ordo = Rhodospirillales
| familia = Acetobacteraceae
| genus = Acidisphaera
| binomial_authority = Hiraishi et al. 2000^[1]
| type_species = A. rubrifaciens
| subdivision_ranks = Species
}}Acidisphaera is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria). The genus contains a single species,^[2] namely A. rubrifaciens with the following characteristics:^[1]

strictly aerobic, light preferred
mesophilic
acidophilic (3.5–6.0 pH, optima of 4.5-5.0)
bacteriochlorophyll (BChl a) and carotenoids production (salmon-pink colonies), the former contained zinc if grown in the presence of 1 mM zinc sulfate.
chemo-organotrophic
Gram-negative, as expected from a proteobacterium
isolated from acidic hot springs and mine drainage
non-motile
cocci / coccobacilli
Part of the major acidophilic alphaproteobacterial group with the genera Acidiphilium and Rhodopila

Etymology

The name Acidisphaera derives from:
New Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; Latin feminine gender noun sphaera, a ball, globe, sphere; New Latin feminine gender noun Acidisphaera, acid (-requiring) coccoid microorganism.^[2]

While the specific epithet rubrifaciens comes from the Latin adjective ruber -bra -brum, red; Latin v. facio, to make; New Latin participle adjective rubrifaciens, red-producing.)^[2]

References

1. ^¹http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/50/4/1539
2. ^¹²{{lpsn|a/acidisphaera.html|Acidisphaera}}

3 : Bacteria genera|Rhodospirillales|Monotypic bacteria genera

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