Acidianus

Acidianus
Acidianus convivator cell showing extrusion of Acidianus two-tailed virus particles.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Thermoproteati
Phylum: Thermoproteota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Sulfolobales
Family: Sulfolobaceae
Genus: Acidianus
Segerer, Neuner, Kristjansson & Stetter 1986
Species

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Synonyms
  • "Desulfurolobus" Zillig & Bock 1987
  • "Sulfosphaerellus" Zhong et al. 1982

Acidianus is a genus of archaeans in the family Sulfolobaceae.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

16S rRNA based LTP_07_2026 53 marker proteins based GTDB 11-RS232

Metallosphaera

"Ca. Aramenus"

Acidianus brierleyi (Zillig et al. 1980) Segerer et al. 1986

"Ca. A. sulfurataquae" Servín-Garcidueñas & Martínez-Romero 2014

Acidianus

"Ca. A. copahuensis" Giaveno et al. 2013

"A. manzaensis" Yoshida et al. 2006

A. sulfidivorans Plumb et al. 2007

A. ambivalens (Zillig & Böck 1987) Fuchs et al. 1996

"A. hospitalis" Bettstetter et al. 2003

A. infernus Segerer et al. 1986

Unassigned species:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 C.L. Schoch. "Acidianus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  2. ↑ Acidianus in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (2026). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 54 (D1): D884–D891. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  3. ↑ "The LTPlus". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Rossello-Mora, Ramon; Viver, Tomeu; Palmer-Rodríguez, Pere; Westram, Ralf; Bustos-Caparros, Esteban; Gago, Joan Francisco; Gonzalez-Mendez, Jaime; Llabrés, Mercè; Ludwig, Wolfgang; Amann, Rudolf (22 April 2026). "A pipeline for improved 16S rRNA gene-based phylogeny and diversity analyses of Bacteria and Archaea". Nature Portfolio. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-9370187/v1.
  6. ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

Further reading

Scientific journals

Scientific books

  • Stetter, KO (1989). "Order III. Sulfolobales ord. nov. Family Sulfolobaceae fam. nov.". In JT Staley; MP Bryant; N Pfennig; JG Holt (eds.). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 3 (1st ed.). Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co. p. 169.