Thermoplasmata
In taxonomy, the Thermoplasmata are a class of the Euryarchaeota.[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. Many of these organisms do not contain a cell wall, although this is not true in the case of Picrophilus. Most members of Thermotoplasmata are thermophilic.
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Scientific journals
- Li, Chao Lun; Jiang, Yun Tao; Liu, Da Li; Qian, JieLei; Liang, Jing Ping; Shu, Rong (August 2014). "Prevalence and quantification of the uncommon Archaea phylotype Thermoplasmata in chronic periodontitis". Archives of Oral Biology 59 (8): 822–828. doi:10.1016/j.archoralbio.2014.05.011.
- Poulsen, Morten; Schwab, Clarissa; Jensen, Bent Borg; Engberg, Ricarda M.; Spang, Anja; Canibe, Nuria; Hojberg, Ole (June 2013). "Methylotrophic methanogenic Thermoplasmata implicated in reduced methane emissions from bovine rumen". NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 4 (1428). doi:10.1038/ncomms2847.
- Cavalier-Smith, T (2002). "The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52 (Pt 1): 7–76. PMID 11837318.
Scientific books
- Reysenbach, AL (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.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.
- Garrity GM, Holt JG (2001). "Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota phy. 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.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-387-98771-2.
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