{{Short description|Genus of archaea}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = ODD.Bic.Fig1b.jpg | image_caption = ''Acidianus convivator'' cell showing extrusion of ''Acidianus two-tailed virus'' particles. | taxon = Acidianus | authority = Segerer, Neuner, Kristjansson & Stetter 1986 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''A. ambivalens'' * ''A. brierleyi'' * "''A. convivator''" * "''Ca.'' A. copahuensis" * "''A. hospitalis''" * ''A. infernus'' * "''A. manzaensis''" * "''A. pozzuoliensis''" * ''A. sulfidivorans'' * "''A. tengchongenses''" * "''A. uzoniensis''" | synonyms = * "''Desulfurolobus''" <small>Zillig & Bock 1987</small> * "''Sulfosphaerellus''" <small>Zhong et al. 1982</small> }}
'''''Acidianus''''' is a genus of archaeans in the family Sulfolobaceae.<ref name=NCBI />
==Phylogeny== The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) <ref>{{cite web|author=J.P. Euzéby |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/acidianus |title=Acidianus |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)}}</ref> and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)<ref name=NCBI>{{cite web |author = Sayers| url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?mode=Undef&id=12914&lvl=3&keep=1&srchmode=1&unlock |title=Acidianus |access-date=10 May 2023 |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! colspan=1 | 16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022<ref>{{cite web|title=The LTP |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/#LTP| access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LTP_all tree in newick format| url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_all_06_2022.ntree |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=LTP_06_2022 Release Notes| url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_06_2022_release_notes.pdf |access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> ! colspan=1 | 53 marker proteins based GTDB 08-RS214<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=GTDB release 08-RS214 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="tree">{{cite web |title=ar53_r214.sp_label |url=https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release214/214.0/auxillary_files/ar53_r214.sp_labels.tree |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="taxon_history">{{cite web |title=Taxon History |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/ |website=Genome Taxonomy Database|access-date=10 May 2023}}</ref> |- | style="vertical-align:top| {{Clade|style= font-size:100%; line-height:90% |label1=''Acidianus'' |1={{clade |1=''A. sulfidivorans'' |2={{clade |1=''A. ambivalens'' |2=''A. infernus'' }} }} }} | {{Clade|style= font-size:100%; line-height:90% |label1=''Acidianus'' |1={{Clade |1="''Ca.'' A. copahuensis" <small>Giaveno et al. 2013</small> |2={{Clade |1={{Clade |1="''A. manzaensis''" <small>Yoshida et al. 2006</small> |2=''A. sulfidivorans'' <small>Plumb et al. 2007</small> }} |2={{Clade |1=''A. infernus'' <small>Segerer et al. 1986</small> |2={{Clade |1=''A. ambivalens'' <small>(Zillig & Böck 1987) Fuchs et al. 1996</small> |2="''A. hospitalis''" <small>Bettstetter et al. 2003</small> }} }} }} }} }} |}
==See also== * List of Archaea genera * List of bacterial genera named after mythological figures
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Further reading== ===Scientific journals=== * {{ cite journal | doi = 10.1099/00207713-36-4-559 | author = Segerer A | author2 = Neuner AM | author3 = Kristjansson JK | author4 = Stetter KO | date = 1986 | title = Acidianus infernus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Acidianus brierleyi comb. nov.: facultatively aerobic, extremely acidophilic thermophilic sulfur-metabolizing archaebacteria | journal = Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. | volume = 36 | pages = 559–564 | issue = 4 | doi-access = free }} * {{ cite journal | author = Zillig W | author2 = Yeats S | author3 = Holz I | author4 = Bock A | author5 = Rettenberger M | author6 = Gropp F | author7 = Simon G | date = 1986 | title = Desulfurolobus ambivalens, gen. nov., sp. nov., an autotrophic archaebacterium facultatively oxidizing or reducing sulfur | journal = Syst. Appl. Microbiol. | volume = 8 | issue = 3 | pages = 197–203 | doi=10.1016/s0723-2020(86)80077-7}} * {{cite journal|last1=Giaveno|first1=M. Alejandra|last2=Urbieta|first2=M. Sofia|last3=Ulloa|first3=J. Ricardo|last4=Toril|first4=Elena Gonzalez|last5=Donati|first5=Edgardo R.|title=Physiologic Versatility and Growth Flexibility as the Main Characteristics of a Novel Thermoacidophilic Acidianus Strain Isolated from Copahue Geothermal Area in Argentina|journal=Environmental Microbiology|date=3 October 2012|volume=65|issue=2|pages=336–346|doi=10.1007/s00248-012-0129-4|pmid=23052926|s2cid=12798711|hdl=11336/4310|hdl-access=free}} *{{cite journal|last1=Li|first1=Sen|last2=Yang|first2=Jie|title=System analysis of synonymous codon usage biases in archaeal virus genomes|journal=Journal of Theoretical Biology|date=21 August 2014|volume= 355|pages=128–129|doi=10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.03.022|pmid=24685889|pmc=7094158|bibcode=2014JThBi.355..128L}}
===Scientific books=== * {{ cite book | last = Stetter | first = KO | date = 1989 | chapter = Order III. Sulfolobales ord. nov. Family Sulfolobaceae fam. nov. | title = Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology | volume = 3 | edition = 1st |editor = JT Staley |editor2 = MP Bryant |editor3 = N Pfennig |editor4 = JG Holt | pages = 169 | publisher = The Williams & Wilkins Co. | location = Baltimore}}
==External links== *[http://bacdive.dsmz.de/index.php?search=Acidianus&submit=Search ''Acidianus'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase]
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