Iodidimonas

Iodidimonas is a genus of bacteria that oxidizes elemental iodide (I⁻) to molecular iodine (I₂). It was isolated from iodide-rich brine associated with methane gas in Kujukuri, Japan.^[1][3]

Iodidimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Subclass:	Caulobacteridae
Order:	Iodidimonadales Iino et al. 2016[1]
Family:	Iodidimonadaceae Iino et al. 2016[1]
Genus:	Iodidimonas Iino et al. 2016[1]
Species[2]
"Iodidimonas gelatinilytica" Iino et al. 2021 Iodidimonas muriae Iino et al. 2016

Geiger et alii (2023) suggest that Iodidimonas may be the closest living relative of mitochondria.^[4] If true, this lineage and protomitochondria emerged from a common ancestor before the symbiogenetic event that gave rise to the eukaryotes.^[5]