Acidithiobacillia

Acidithiobacillia
Scientific classification
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Acidithiobacillia
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Acidithiobacillia is a class of the "Proteobacteria". Its type order, the Acidithiobacillales, was formerly classified within the Gammaproteobacteria, and comprises two families of sulfur-oxidising autotrophs, the Acidithiobacillaceae and the Thermithiobacillaceae, which in turn include the genera Acidithiobacillus and Thermithiobacillus[1]

References

  1. Williams, K. P.; Kelly, D. P. (18 January 2013). "Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 63 (Pt 8): 2901–2906. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.049270-0. PMID 23334881.


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