Acidisphaera

Acidisphaera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Proteobacteria"
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodospirillales
Family:	Acetobacteraceae
Genus:	Acidisphaera
Type species
A. rubrifaciens

Acidisphaera is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria). The genus contains a single species, namely A. rubrifaciens with the following characteristics:

The name Acidisphaera derives from:
New Latin noun acidum (from Latin adjective acidus, sour), an acid; Latin feminine gender noun sphaera, a ball, globe, sphere; New Latin feminine gender noun Acidisphaera, acid (-requiring) coccoid microorganism.
While the specific epithet rubrifaciens comes from the Latin adjective ruber -bra -brum, red; Latin v. facio, to make; New Latin participle adjective rubrifaciens, red-producing.)

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