Thermoplasmatales

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Thermoplasmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Archaea
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Thermoplasmata
Order: Thermoplasmatales
Reysenbach, 2002
Families

Thermoplasmataceae
Picrophilaceae
Ferroplasmaceae

In taxonomy, the Thermoplasmatales are an order of the Thermoplasmata. 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.

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[edit] Reference

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

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