Iodidimonas
Family of bacteria
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Iodidimonas is a genus of bacteria that oxidizes elemental iodide (I−) to molecular iodine (I2). It was isolated from iodide-rich brine associated with natural gas in Kujukuri, Japan.[1][3]
Kingdom:Pseudomonadati
Phylum:Pseudomonadota
Class:Alphaproteobacteria
Order:Iodidimonadales
Iino et al. 2016[1]
Iino et al. 2016[1]
| Iodidimonas | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum: | Pseudomonadota |
| Class: | Alphaproteobacteria |
| Order: | Iodidimonadales Iino et al. 2016[1] |
| Family: | Iodidimonadaceae Iino et al. 2016[1] |
| Genus: | Iodidimonas Iino et al. 2016[1] |
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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]
