''Acidianus infernus'' is a species of archaeon. It is aerobic, extremely

acidophilic Acidophiles or acidophilic organisms are those that thrive under highly acidic conditions (usually at pH 5.0 or below). These organisms can be found in different branches of the tree of life, including Archaea, Bacteria,Becker, A.Types of Bacteri ...

thermophilic A thermophile is a type of extremophile that thrives at relatively high temperatures, between . Many thermophiles are archaea, though some of them are bacteria and fungi. Thermophilic eubacteria are suggested to have been among the earliest bact ...

(hence its name) and

sulfur Sulfur ( American spelling and the preferred IUPAC name) or sulphur ( Commonwealth spelling) is a chemical element; it has symbol S and atomic number 16. It is abundant, multivalent and nonmetallic. Under normal conditions, sulfur atoms ...

- metabolizing. Its type strain is strain DSM 3191.

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LPSNType strain of ''Acidianus infernus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Acidophiles Archaea described in 1986 Thermoproteota {{archaea-stub