| Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans | |
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| Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans strain CLST | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Acidithiobacillia |
| Order: | Acidithiobacillales |
| Family: | Acidithiobacillaceae |
| Genus: | Acidithiobacillus |
| Species: | A. thiooxidans
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| Binomial name | |
| Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans (Kelly and Wood 2000)
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| Type strain | |
| DSM 17318 ATCC 19377T DAMS | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thiobacillus concretivorus | |
Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans, formerly known as Thiobacillus thiooxidans until its reclassification into the newly designated genus Acidithiobacillus of the Acidithiobacillia subclass of Pseudomonadota,[1] is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that uses sulfur as its primary energy source.[2] It is mesophilic, with a temperature optimum of 28 °C.[2] This bacterium is commonly found in soil, sewer pipes, and cave biofilms called snottites.[2] A. thiooxidans is used in the mining technique known as bioleaching, where metals are extracted from their ores through the action of microbes.
- ^ Kelly, Donovan P.; Wood, Ann P. (2000). "Reclassification of some species of Thiobacillus to the newly designated genera Acidithiobacillus gen. nov., Halothiobacillus gen. nov. and Thermithiobacillus gen. nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 50 (2): 511–516. doi:10.1099/00207713-50-2-511. PMID 10758854.
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