Acidiphilium cryptum

Acidiphilium cryptum is a species of heterotrophic bacteria, the type species of its genus. It is gram-negative, aerobic, mesophilic and rod-shaped. It does not form endospores and some cells are motile by means of one polar flagellum or two lateral flagella Lhet2 (=ATCC 33463) is the type strain.^[1]

Acidiphilium cryptum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodospirillales
Family:	Acetobacteraceae
Genus:	Acidiphilium
Species:	A. cryptum
Binomial name
Acidiphilium cryptum Harrison 1981