Picrophilaceae

Picrophilaceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Thermoplasmata
Order: Thermoplasmatales
Family: Picrophilaceae
Binomial name
Picrophilaceae
Schleper et al. 1996
Genus

In taxonomy, the Picrophilaceae are a family of microbes within Thermoplasmatales.[1]

Morphology and ecology

The cells are round in shape, thermophilic, heterotrophic, and obligately aerobic. This species is hyperacidophilic, with an optimal pH of 0.7. Its optimal temperature is 60 °C. It has been isolated from fumaroles, acidic sediments, dry sulfataric fields, and hot springs in Hokkaidō, Japan.[2]

References

  1. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Picrophilaceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ↑ Anna-Louise Reysenbach; Kristen Brileya (2014-10-19). "The Family Picrophilaceae". In Eugene Rosenberg; Edward F. DeLong; Stephen Lory; Erko Stackebrandt; Fabiano Thompson. The Prokaryotes. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 319–321. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_326. ISBN 978-3-642-38954-2. Retrieved 2016-09-15.

Further reading

Scientific journals

  • Schleper C; Puhler G; Klenk HP; Zillig W (1996). "Picrophilus oshimae and Picrophilus torridus fam. nov., gen. nov., sp. nov., two species of hyperacidophilic, thermophilic, heterotrophic, aerobic archaea". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 46 (3): 814&ndash, 816. doi:10.1099/00207713-46-3-814.
  • Schleper C; Puehler G; Holz I; Gambacorta A; et al. (1995). "Picrophilus gen. nov., fam. nov.: a novel aerobic, heterotrophic, thermoacidophilic genus and family comprising archaea capable of growth around pH 0". J. Bacteriol. 177 (24): 7050&ndash, 7059. PMC 177581. PMID 8522509.

Scientific books

  • Reysenbach, A-L (2001). "Order I. Thermoplasmatales ord. nov.". In DR Boone; RW Castenholz. 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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