Acid X-Philes: Bacteria
Acidophilic Bacteria & Hyperacidotolerant, Near-Acidophilic Bacterial Neutriphiles
Introduction
This group includes organisms capable of thriving in hyperacidic conditions, most of which have an optimal growth pH of 5 or lower (OGpH<5), although a few have an OGpH slightly above this (e.g., Nanoarchaeum equitans, OGpH=6) but can nonetheless be found flourishing in hyperacidic environments (pH=0.5-1.5).
List of Bacterial Acidophiles
Here organisms are listed first by the upper end of their temperature range, then by OGT, then by the lower end of their temperature range, and for any organisms for which these properties are unknown, they will be listed in alphabetical order at the end.
| Genus & Species | low pH | OGpH | high pH | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genus species | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Phylogenic List of Bacterial Acidophiles
- Bacteria
- Deinococcus-Thermus
- Deinococci
- Deinococcales
- Deinococcaceae
- Deinococcus
Other entry
Alphabetical List of Bacterial Acidophiles
| Genus & Species | OGpH | pH range | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acetobacter aceti | ? | Johnson, 1998 | |
| Acidiphilium acidophilum
(Thiobacillus acidophilus) |
<3 | ? | Johnson, 1998 |
| Acidiphilium multivorum | <3 | ? | (Dopson 2003) | Acidithiobacillus albertensis
(Thiobacillus albertis) |
<3 | ? | Johnson, 1998; Fashola &al., 2015 |
| Acidithiobacillus caldus
(Thiobacillus caldus) |
<3 | ? | Johnson, 1998; Fashola &al., 2015; Zhang &al., 2015 |
| Acidithiobacillus ferridurans | <4 | ? | () |
| Acidithiobacillus ferriphilus | <4 | ? | () |
| Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans | <4 | ? | (Fashola &al., 2015) |
| Acidithiobacillus ferro(o)xidans
(Thiobacillus ferrooxidans) |
<3 | ? | Johnson, 1998; Fashola &al., 2015; Zhang &al., 2015 |
| Acidithiobacillus thioxidans
(Thiobacillus thioxidans) |
<3 | ? | Johnson, 1998; Fashola &al., 2015; Zhang &al., 2015 |
| Acidobacterium capsulatum | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998; Fashola &al., 2015 |
| Acidimicrobium ferroxidans | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998; Fashola &al., 2015 |
| Acidocella spp. | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998 |
| Acidomonas methanolica | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998 |
| Alicyclobacillus thermosulfidooxidans | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998 |
| Alicyclobacillus thermosulfidooxidans
(Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans) |
<3 | ? | Johnson, 1998; Fashola &al., 2015; Zhang &al., 2015 |
| Bryocella elongata | <4 | ? | () |
| Ferrimicrobium acidiphilum | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998 |
| Ferrimicrobium acidiphilus | <3 | ? | Fashola &al., 2015 |
| Gallionella ferruginea | ? | (Fashola &al., 2015) | |
| Helicobacter pylori | ? | ||
| Hydrogenobacter acidophilus | ? | (Fashola &al., 2015) | |
| Leptospirillum ferriphilum | <3 | ? | Lehtovirta-Morley &al., 2014; Zhang &al., 2015 |
| Leptospirillum ferro(o)xidans | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998; Fashola &al., 2015; Zhang &al., 2015 |
| Leptospirillum thermoferrooxidans | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998 |
| Sulfobacillus acidophilus | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998; Fashola &al., 2015 |
| Telmatobacter bradus | <4 | ? | () |
| Thiobacillus acidophilus | <4 | ? | () |
| Thiobacillus dentrificans | ? | (Fashola &al., 2015) | |
| Thiobacillus organovorus | <4 | ? | () |
| Thiobacillus prosperus | <3 | ? | Johnson, 1998 |
| Thiomonas cuprina
(Thiobacillus cuprinus) |
<3 | ? | Johnson, 1998 |
| Desulfovibrio sp. | ? | ? | Fashola &al., 2015 | Desulfomicrobium sp. | ? | ? | Fashola &al., 2015 | Desulfobulbus sp. | ? | ? | Fashola &al., 2015 | Desulfosarcina sp. | ? | ? | Fashola &al., 2015 | Desulfobacter sp. | ? | ? | Fashola &al., 2015 | Desulfotomaculum sp. | ? | ? | Fashola &al., 2015 |
Ding &al., 2011
Dopson &al., 2003
Baker &al., 2010
Plumb &al., 2007
Whitman &al., 1999
"Nitrosotalea is an abundant, globally distributed genus of AOA found in acidic soils (Gubry-Rangin et al., 2011). Thirty per cent of the world's soils are considered acidic (pH < 5.5; von Uexk�ll & Mutert, 1995), and ammonia oxidation in low pH soils is dominated by AOA, rather than AOB (Gubry-Rangin et al., 2010; Lehtovirta-Morley et al., 2011)."
Craig W. Herbold, Laura E. Lehtovirta-Morley, Man-Young Jung, Nico Jehmlich, Bela Hausmann, Ping Han, Alexander Loy, Michael Pester, Luis A. Sayavedra-Soto, Sung-Keun Rhee, James I. Prosser, Graeme W. Nicol, Michael Wagner and Cecile Gubry-Rangin. Ammonia-oxidising archaea living at low pH: Insights from comparative genomics. Environmental Microbiology (2017) 19(12), 4939�4952
