Acidianus

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A genus of facultatively anaerobic coccoid ARCHAEA, in the family SULFOLOBACEAE. Cells are highly irregular in shape and thermoacidophilic. Lithotrophic growth occurs aerobically via sulfur oxidation in some species. Distribution includes solfataric springs and fields, mudholes, and geothermically heated acidic marine environments.

Descriptor ID

D041541

MeSH Number(s)

B02.075.725.725.030

Concept/Terms

Acidianus

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Organisms [B]
Archaea [B02]
Crenarchaeota [B02.075]
Sulfolobales [B02.075.725]
Sulfolobaceae [B02.075.725.725]
Acidianus [B02.075.725.725.030]

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