Acidilobus aceticus
| Acidilobus aceticus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Archaea |
| Clade: | Proteoarchaeota |
| Kingdom: | Thermoproteati |
| Phylum: | Thermoproteota |
| Class: | Thermoprotei |
| Order: | Desulfurococcales |
| Family: | Acidilobaceae |
| Genus: | Acidilobus |
| Species: | A. aceticus |
| Binomial name | |
| Acidilobus aceticus Prokofeva et al., 2000 | |
Acidilobus aceticus is a thermoacidophilic (that is, both thermophilic and acidophilic) species of anaerobic archaea. The species was originally described in 2000 after being isolated from hot springs in Kamchatka. It is the type species of the genus Acidilobus.