- Source: Acidianus sulfidivorans
Acidianus sulfidivorans is a species of archaeon. It is an extremely thermoacidophilic, obligately chemolithotrophic archaeon. It was first isolated from a solfatara on Lihir Island. Its cells are non-motile, Gram-negative, irregular-shaped cocci, 0.5-1.5 micrometres in size. It oxidises sulphur. The type strain is JP7(T) (=DSM 18786(T)=JCM 13667(T)).
References
Further reading
Gonzalez-Contreras, Paula; Weijma, Jan; Weijden, Renata van der; Buisman, Cees J. N. (2010). "Biogenic Scorodite Crystallization byAcidianus sulfidivoransfor Arsenic Removal". Environmental Science & Technology. 44 (2): 675–680. Bibcode:2010EnST...44..675G. doi:10.1021/es902063t. ISSN 0013-936X. PMID 20017476.
Plumb, J., Haddad, C., and Franzmann, P. (2008). A novel extremophile Acidianus sulfidivorans sp. nov. from island paradise to industrial potential. International Society for Microbial Ecology Conference, August 2008, Cairns.
External links
"Acidianus sulfidivorans". The Encyclopedia of Life.
LPSN
Type strain of Acidianus sulfidivorans at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
