ferrimicrobium acidiphilum ferrimicrobium acidiphilum ferrimicrobium acidiphilum is an extremely acidophilic and iron-oxidizing bacterium from the genus ferrimicrobium which has been isolated from mine water from the cae coch sulfur mine in north wales in england. ferrimicrobium acidiphilum scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: acidimicrobiia order: acidimicrobiales family: acidimicrobiaceae genus: ferrimicrobiumjohnson et al. 2009 species: f. acidiphilum binomial name ferrimicrobium acidiphilumjohnson et al. 2009 type strain atcc baa-1647dsm 19497t23