Thermoplasmata

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Thermoplasmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Archaea Phylum: Euryarchaeota Class: Thermoplasmata Order: Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach, 2002
Families
Thermoplasmataceae Picrophilaceae Ferroplasmataceae

The Thermotoplasmata are a class of archaea. They are acidophiles, growing optimally at pH below 2 and temperatures above 50 °C.

Genera:

• Thermoplasma
• Picrophilus
• Ferroplasma

External link

• SN2000 Order Thermoplasmatales (http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/TaxonTree.aspx?id=109028)
• Thermoplasma acidophilum (http://www.nature.com/genomics/papers/thermoplasma.html)
• The genome sequence of the thermoacidophilic scavenger Thermoplasma acidophilum (http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v407/n6803/full/407508a0_fs.html)

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