Genome-based classification of Acidihalobacter prosperus F5 (=DSM 105917=JCM 32255) as Acidihalobacter yilgarnensis sp. nov.

ABSTRACT: The genus Acidihalobacter has three validated species, Acidihalobacter ferrooxydans, Acidihalobacter prosperus and Acidihalobacter aeolinanus, all of which were isolated from Vulcano island, Italy. They are obligately chemolithotrophic, aerobic, acidophilic and halophilic in nature and use either ferrous iron or reduced sulphur as electron donors. Recently, a novel strain was isolated from an acidic, saline drain in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia. Strain F5^T has an absolute requirement for sodium chloride (>5 mM) and is osmophilic, growing in elevated concentrations (>1 M) of magnesium sulphate. A defining feature of its physiology is its ability to catalyse the oxidative dissolution of the most abundant copper mineral, chalcopyrite, suggesti

SUBMITTER: Khaleque HN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8049490 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature