Acidisoma Explained

Acidisoma is a genus in the phylum Pseudomonadota (Bacteria). It contains two species, Acidisoma tundrae and Acidisoma sibiricum, both two acidophilic (pH 3.0–7.6) and psychrotolerant (2–30 °C) bacteria with poly-β-hydroxybutyrate granules, isolated from acidic Sphagnum-dominated tundra and Siberian wetlands in Russia.^[1]

Etymology

The name Acidisoma derives from:
Neo-Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus -a -um, sour, tart, acid), an acid; Greek neuter gender noun soma (σῶμα), body; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Acidisoma, an acid (-requiring) body.

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

Notes and References

1. Belova . S.E. . Pankratov . T.A. . Detkova . E.N. . Kaparullina . E.N. . Dedysh . S.N. . 2009 . Acidisoma tundrae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Acidisoma sibiricum sp. nov., two acidophilic, psychrotolerant members of the Alphaproteobacteria from acidic northern wetlands . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 . 9. 2283–2290 . 10.1099/ijs.0.009209-0 . 19620354 . free .