Pyrodictiaceae

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Pyrodictiaceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea Phylum: Crenarchaeota Class: Thermoprotei Order: Desulfurococcales Family: Pyrodictiaceae
Genera
Pyrodictium Hyperthermus Pyrolobus Geogemma

The Pyrodictiaceae are a family of disc-shaped anaerobic microorganisms belonging to the order Desulfurococcales, in the domain Archaea. Members of this family are distinguished from the other family (Desulfurococcaceae) in the order Desulfurococcales by having an optimal growth temperature above 100 degrees °C, rather than below 100 degrees °C. Three genera of the family have been identified, Pyrodictium, Hyperthermus and Pyrolobus.^[1]

[edit] External links

• NCBI taxonomy page for Pyrodictiaceae
• Tree of Life Pyrodictiaceae
• LSPN page for Pyrodictiaceae

[edit] References

1. ^ Itoh, T.; K. Suzuki, P. C. Sanchez, T. Nakasel (2003). "[http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/53/4/1149?ck=nck Caldisphaera lagunensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote isolated from a hot spring at Mt Maquiling, Philippines]". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 53: 1149–1154. DOI:10.1099/ijs.0.02580-0.