Acidocella

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

Acidocella is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria). Its members are acidophilic.

The name Acidocella derives from New Latin acidum (from Latin acidus, sour), an acid; Latin cella, a store-room, a chamber and, in biology, a cell; giving Acidocella, an acid (-requiring) cell.

The genus contains:

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