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 A. aeolica Golyshina et al. 2009 (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 (Hawkes et al. 2008) Golyshina et al. 2009 (Latin noun cuprum, copper; Latin participle adjective cumulans, heaping up, accumulating; Neo-Latin participle adjective cupricumulans, copper-accumulating.)
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
See also List of Archaea genera Bacterial taxonomy Microbiology
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