Acidithiobacillia Explained

Acidithiobacillia is a class of the phylum Pseudomonadota ("Proteobacteria"). Its type order, the Acidithiobacillales, was formerly classified within the Gammaproteobacteria, and comprises two families of sulfur-oxidising autotrophs, the Acidithiobacillaceae and the Thermithiobacillaceae, which in turn include the genera Acidithiobacillus and Thermithiobacillus.[1]

Acidithiobacilia is part of the acidophilic bacteria family. Acidithiobacilia's metabolic activity is important because it is relied on for a approach for metal recovery from ores, called microorganism-mediated biohydrometallurgy.[2] Acidithiobacilia and family of bacteria are active players in the sulfur and iron biogeochemical cycles in extremely acidic environments and drivers of the leaching of mineral ores contributing to acid rock/mine drainage and industrial bioleaching.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Williams . Kelly P. . Kelly . Donovan P. . Proposal for a new class within the phylum Proteobacteria, Acidithiobacillia classis nov., with the type order Acidithiobacillales, and emended description of the class Gammaproteobacteria . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . August 2013 . 63 . Pt 8 . 2901–2906 . 10.1099/ijs.0.049270-0 . 23334881 .
  2. Li . Liangzhi . Zhou . Lei . Jiang . Chengying . Liu . Zhenghua . Meng . Delong . Luo . Feng . He . Qiang . Yin . Huaqun . AI-driven pan-proteome analyses reveal insights into the biohydrometallurgical properties of Acidithiobacillia . Frontiers in Microbiology . 7 September 2023 . 14 . 1243987 . 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1243987 . free . 37744906 . 10512742 .
  3. Rossoni . Stefano . Beard . Simón . Segura-Bidermann . María Ignacia . Duarte-Ramírez . Juan . Osorio . Francisco Kirhman . Varas-Godoy . Manuel . Martínez-Bellange . Patricio . Vera . Mario . Quatrini . Raquel . Castro . Matías . Membrane vesicles in Acidithiobacillia class extreme acidophiles: influence on collective behaviors of 'Fervidacidithiobacillus caldus' . Frontiers in Microbiology . 26 January 2024 . 14 . 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1331363 . free . 38344243 . 10853474 .

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