In taxonomy, the Thermoplasmata are a class of the Euryarchaeota.
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 Thermoplasmata are thermophilic.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
See also
- List of Archaea genera
References
Further reading
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. PMID 24859768.
- 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): 1947. Bibcode:2013NatCo...4.1947P. 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. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-1-7. PMID 11837318.
- Woese, CR; Kandler O; Wheelis ML (1990). "Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 87 (12): 4576–4579. Bibcode:1990PNAS...87.4576W. doi:10.1073/pnas.87.12.4576. PMC 54159. PMID 2112744.
Scientific books
- Reysenbach, AL (2001). "Class IV. Thermoplasmata class. nov.". In DR Boone; 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; 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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