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 solfataric 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 (eds.). The Prokaryotes. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. pp. 319–321. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-38954-2_326. ISBN 978-3-642-38954-2.

Further reading

Scientific journals

Scientific books

  • Reysenbach, A-L (2001). "Order I. Thermoplasmatales ord. 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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