Thermoplasma acidophilum

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Thermoplasma acidophilum
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Thermoplasmata
Order: Thermoplasmatales
Family: Thermoplasmataceae
Genus: Thermoplasma
Species: Thermoplasma acidophilum
Darland et al. 1970

Thermoplasma acidophilum is an archaeon, the type species of its genus.[1] T. acidophilum was originally isolated from a self-heating coal refuse pile, at pH 2 and 59 °C. Its genome has been sequenced.[2]

It is highly flagellated and grows optimally at 56 °C (133 °F) and pH 1.8. The size of a cell is about 1 μm. T. acidophilum lacks a cell wall and the cell membrane is exposed directly outside. T. acidophilum shows various cell shapes depending upon growth conditions and stages.

See also

References

  1. DARLAND (G.), BROCK (T.D.), SAMSONOFF (W.) and CONTI (S.F.): A thermophilic, acidophilic mycoplasma isolated from a coal refuse pile. Science (Washington), 1970, 170, 1416-1418.
  2. Ruepp, Andreas, et al. "The genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic scavenger Thermoplasma acidophilum." Nature 407.6803 (2000): 508-513.

Further reading

  • Segerer, Andreas; Langworthy, Thomas A.; Stetter, Karl O. (1988). "Thermoplasma acidophilum and Thermoplasma volcanium sp. nov. from Solfatara Fields". Systematic and Applied Microbiology 10 (2): 161–171. doi:10.1016/S0723-2020(88)80031-6. ISSN 0723-2020. 
  • Wolf, Stefan; Lottspeich, Friedrich; Baumeister, Wolfgang (1993). "Ubiquitin found in the archaebacterium Thermoplasma acidophilum". FEBS Letters 326 (1-3): 42–44. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(93)81757-Q. ISSN 0014-5793. 
  • Sun, Na, et al. "Proteomics analysis of Thermoplasma acidophilum with a focus on protein complexes." Molecular & Cellular Proteomics 6.3 (2007): 492-502.
  • Lee, Sun Bok; Jung, Jin Hwa (2006). "Identification and characterization of Thermoplasma acidophilum glyceraldehyde dehydrogenase: a new class of NADP+-specific aldehyde dehydrogenase". Biochemical Journal 397 (1): 131. doi:10.1042/BJ20051763. ISSN 0264-6021. 
  • Posner, Mareike G.; Upadhyay, Abhishek; Bagby, Stefan; Hough, David W.; Danson, Michael J. (2009). "A unique lipoylation system in the Archaea". FEBS Journal 276 (15): 4012–4022. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07110.x. ISSN 1742-464X. 
  • Christiansen, C.; Freundt, E. A.; Black, F. T. (1975). "Genome Size and Deoxyribonucleic Acid Base Composition of Thermoplasma acidophilum". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 25 (2): 99–101. doi:10.1099/00207713-25-2-99. ISSN 0020-7713. 
  • Yamashiro, K.; Yamagishi, A. (2005). "Characterization of the DNA Gyrase from the Thermoacidophilic Archaeon Thermoplasma acidophilum". Journal of Bacteriology 187 (24): 8531–8536. doi:10.1128/JB.187.24.8531-8536.2005. ISSN 0021-9193. 

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