Halophilic, iron- and sulfur-oxidizing, mesophilic, chemolithoautotrophic, extreme acidophiles.
Isolated from a mixed environmental culture obtained from an acidic saline drain (containing 130 g L-1 chloride, 1.4 g L-1 iron(II) at a pH of 2.1) at the Yilgarn Crater, Western Australia.
Complete genome sequence of Acidihalobacter prosperus strain F5, an extremely acidophilic, iron- and sulfur-oxidizing halophile with potential industrial applicability in saline water bioleaching of chalcopyrite.