Thermoproteus

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Thermoproteus
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Phylum: Crenarchaeota
Class: Thermoprotei
Order: Thermoproteales
Family: Thermoproteaceae
Genus: Thermoproteus

Thermoproteus are a genus of archaea. These prokaryotes are thermophilic sulphur-dependent organisms related to the the genera Sulfolobus, Pyrodictium and Desulfurococcus.[1] They are hydrogen-sulphur autotrophs and can grow at temperatures of up to 95 degrees Celsius.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Woese C, Olsen G. "Archaebacterial phylogeny: perspectives on the urkingdoms.". Syst Appl Microbiol 7: 161-77. PMID 11542063. 
  2. ^ Messner P, Pum D, Sára M, Stetter K, Sleytr U (1986). "Ultrastructure of the cell envelope of the archaebacteria Thermoproteus tenax and Thermoproteus neutrophilus.". J Bacteriol 166 (3): 1046-54. PMID 3086286. 
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