Thermoplasmataceae

Thermoplasmataceae
Scientific classification
Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Euryarchaeota
Phylum: Euryarchaeota
Class: Thermoplasmata
Order: Thermoplasmatales
Family: Thermoplasmataceae
Binomial name
Thermoplasmataceae
Reysenbach 2002
Genus

In taxonomy, the Thermoplasmataceae are a family of the Thermoplasmatales.[1] It contains only one genus, Thermoplasma. All species within Thermoplasmataceae are thermoacidophiles, and they grow at a temperature of 60°C and pH 2. They were isolated from hydrothermal vents, fumaroles and similar environments.[2]

References

  1. ↑ See the NCBI webpage on Thermoplasmataceae. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
  2. ↑ Anna-Louise Reysenbach; Kristen Brileya (October 19, 2014). "The Family Thermoplasmataceae". The Prokaryotes. 3. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 240. ISBN 0387254935. Retrieved November 1, 2016.

Further reading

Scientific books

  • Reysenbach, A-L (2001). "Family I. Thermoplasmataceae fam. 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.
  • 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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