Thermoplasmatales

In taxonomy, the Thermoplasmatales are an order of the Thermoplasmata.^[1] 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^[2]. 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.

References

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

Further reading

Scientific journals

Scientific books

• Reysenbach, A-L (2001). "Order I. Thermoplasmatales ord. nov.". In DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed. ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0387987712. 

• Reysenbach, A-L (2001). "Class IV. Thermoplasmata class. nov.". In DR Boone and RW Castenholz, eds.. Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria (2nd ed. ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0387987712. 

Scientific databases

• PubMed references for Thermoplasmatales
• PubMed Central references for Thermoplasmatales
• Google Scholar references for Thermoplasmatales

External links

• NCBI taxonomy page for Thermoplasmatales
• Search Tree of Life taxonomy pages for Thermoplasmatales
• Search Species2000 page for Thermoplasmatales
• MicrobeWiki page for Thermoplasmatales
• LSPN page for Thermoplasmatales