Phylogeny and photosynthetic features of Thiobacillus acidophilus and related acidophilic bacteria: its transfer to the genus Acidiphilium as Acidiphilium acidophilum comb. nov.

¹Department of Ecological Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi 441, Japan
²Department of Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji 192–03, Japan
³Biological Laboratory, Nippon Medical School, Kawasaki 211, Japan
⁴Department of Bioscience and Technology, Iwate University, Morioka 020, Japan
⁵Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Fuchu 183, Japan