Biology:Acidothermus

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Short description: Genus of bacteria

Acidothermus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Actinomycetia
Order: Acidothermales
Rainey et al. 1997[2][3]
Family: Acidothermaceae
Mohagheghi et al. 1986[1]
Genus: Acidothermus
Mohagheghi et al. 1986
Type species
Acidothermus cellulolyticus
Mohagheghi et al. 1986
Species
  • A. cellulolyticus

Acidothermus cellulolyticus is a species of gram-variable bacteria. It is the only member of the genus Acidothermus and the family Acidothermaceae.[4]

History

A. cellulolyticus was first isolated from acidic hot springs at Yellowstone National Park in 1987.[1]

Etymology

The name Acidothermus derives from:
Latin adjective acidus, sour, acid; Greek adjective thermos (θερμός), hot; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Acidothermus, acid and hot (loving).[5]

The specific epithet cellulolyticus derives from Neo-Latin noun cellulosum, cellulose; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective lyticus (from Greek masculine gender adjective lutikos (λυτικός)), able to loose, able to dissolve; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective cellulolyticus, cellulose-dissolving.)[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Isolation and Characterization of Acidothermus cellulolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a New Genus of Thermophilic, Acidophilic, Cellulolytic Bacteria". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 36 (3): 435–443. 1 July 1986. doi:10.1099/00207713-36-3-435. 
  2. "Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov.". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47: 479–491. 1997. 
  3. "Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders "Frankiales" and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov.". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 64: 3821–3832. 2014. 
  4. "Family Acidothermaceae". https://lpsn.dsmz.de/family/acidothermaceae. 
  5. "Genus Acidothermus". https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/acidothermus. 

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