Acidianus infernus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Kingdom: | Crenarchaeota |
Phylum: | Crenarchaeota |
Class: | Thermoprotei |
Order: | Sulfolobales |
Family: | Sulfolobaceae |
Genus: | Acidianus |
Species: | A. infernus |
Binomial name | |
Acidianus infernus Segerer et al., 1986 |
Acidianus infernus is a species of archaeon. It is aerobic, extremely acidophilic, thermophilic (hence its name) and sulfur-metabolizing. Its type strain is strain DSM 3191.