''Acidicaldus'' is a genus in the phylum
Pseudomonadota
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Bacteria
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), whose sole member is an acidophilic thermophile.
Etymology
The name ''Acidicaldus'' derives from:
Neo-Latin
Neo-LatinSidwell, Keith ''Classical Latin-Medieval Latin-Neo Latin'' in ; others, throughout. (also known as New Latin and Modern Latin) is the style of written Latin used in original literary, scholarly, and scientific works, first in Italy d ...
''acidum'' (from
Latin
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adjective ''acidus'', sour), an acid; Latin ''caldus'', warm, hot; giving ''Acidicaldus'', a (moderately) thermophilic acid-requiring microorganism.
Species
The genus contains single species,
[ 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.)]
See also
* Bacterial taxonomy
Bacterial taxonomy is subfield of taxonomy devoted to the classification of bacteria specimens into taxonomic ranks. Archaeal taxonomy are governed by the same rules.
In the scientific classification established by Carl Linnaeus, each species is ...
* Microbiology
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References
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Monotypic bacteria genera
Bacteria genera
Rhodospirillales