Acidocella
genus of bacteria
Acidocella is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). Its members are acidophilic.
Etymology
The name Acidocella derives from Neo-Latin acidum (from Latin acidus, sour), an acid; Latin cella, a store-room, a chamber and, in biology, a cell; giving Acidocella, an acid (-requiring) cell.
Species
The genus contains:
A. aluminiidurans Kimoto et al. 2010
A. aminolytica (Kishimoto et al. 1994) Kishimoto et al. 1996, , formerly a member of the genus Acidiphilium
A. aromatica Jones et al. 2013
A. facilis (Wichlacz et al. 1986) Kishimoto et al.
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