Acidiplasma

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

Etymology

The name Acidiplasma derives from:<br/>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

• A. aeolica <small>Golyshina et al. 2009</small> (Type species of the genus) (Latin neuter gender adjective aeolicum, from the Aeolian archipelago, to which Vulcano Island belongs, where the type strain was isolated.)
• A. cupricumulans <small>(Hawkes et al. 2008) Golyshina et al. 2009</small> (Latin noun cuprum, copper; Latin participle adjective cumulans, heaping up, accumulating; Neo-Latin participle adjective cupricumulans, copper-accumulating.)

See also

• List of Archaea genera
• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

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