Thermoplasmata

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iThermoplasmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Archaea Phylum: Euryarchaeota Class: Thermoplasmata Order: Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach, 2002
Families
Thermoplasmataceae Picrophilaceae Ferroplasmaceae

The Thermotoplasmata are a class of archaea. All are acidophiles, growing optimally at pH below 2. Picrophilus is currently the most acidophilic of all known organisms growing at a minimum pH of -0.06. Many of these organisms do not contain a cell wall, although this is not true in the case of Picrophilus. Most of members of the Thermotoplasmata are thermophilic.

Genera:

• Thermoplasma
• Picrophilus
• Ferroplasma

[edit] Reference

• Madigan, M.T. and Martinko, J.M. (2005). Brock Biology of Microorganisms, 11th Ed.. Pearson Prentice Hall.

[edit] External links

• SN2000 Order Thermoplasmatales
• Thermoplasma acidophilum
• The genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic scavenger Thermoplasma acidophilum