Acidithiobacillales | |
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Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
Class: | Acidithiobacillia |
Order: |
Acidithiobacillales Garrity, Bell & Lilburn 2005 |
Families & Genera | |
The Acidithiobacillales are an order of bacteria within the class Acidithiobacillia and comprises the genera Acidithiobacillus and Thermithiobacillus. [1] Originally, both were included in the genus Thiobacillus, but they are not related to the type species, which belongs to the Betaproteobacteria. [2]