Canadian Medical Guide > Organisms > Archaea > Crenarchaeota > Sulfolobales > Sulfolobaceae > Acidianus Terms and Definitions
Acidianus
Medical Definition: | 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. |
Previously Indexed: | Archaea (1999-2000),Sulfolobaceae (1996-2003) |
Acidianus Medical Definitions and Terms
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