Acidiplasma

Acidiplasma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Thermoplasmatota
Class: Thermoplasmata
Order: Thermoplasmatales
Family: Ferroplasmaceae
Genus: Acidiplasma
Golyshina et al. 2009
Type species
Acidiplasma aeolica
Golyshina et al. 2009
Species
  • A. aeolica
  • A. cupricumulans

Acidiplasma is a genus in the phylum Euryarchaeota (Archaea).

Etymology

The name Acidiplasma derives from:
Neo-Latin neuter gender n acidum, an acid; Greek neuter gender noun plasma (πλάσμα), something shaped or moulded; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Acidiplasma, an acid-living form.

Species

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

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
Acidiplasma

A. aeolicum Golyshina et al. 2009

A. cupricumulans (Hawkes et al. 2008) Golyshina et al. 2009
Acidiplasma

A. aeolicum [incl. A. cupricumulans]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Acidiplasma 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.
  2. 1 2 Golyshina, O. V.; Yakimov, M. M.; Lunsdorf, H.; Ferrer, M.; Nimtz, M.; Timmis, K. N.; Wray, V.; Tindall, B. J.; Golyshin, P. N. (2009). "Acidiplasma aeolicum gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a euryarchaeon of the family Ferroplasmaceae isolated from a hydrothermal pool, and transfer of Ferroplasma cupricumulans to Acidiplasma cupricumulans comb. Nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (11): 2815–2823. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.009639-0. hdl:10033/90258. PMID 19628615.
  3. ↑ C.L. Schoch. "Acidiplasma". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2026-08-01.
  4. ↑ "The LTPlus". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "LTP_all tree in newick format". The All-Species Living Tree Project. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "GTDB release 11-RS232". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "ar53_r232.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
  9. ↑ "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2026.