Thermoplasmatales | |
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Cuniculiplasma divulgatum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Archaea |
Phylum: | Methanobacteriota |
Class: | Thermoplasmata |
Order: | Thermoplasmatales Reysenbach, 2002 |
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Thermoplasmatales is an order of archaeans in the class Thermoplasmata. [1] All are acidophiles, growing optimally at pH below 2. Picrophilus is currently the most acidophilic of all known organisms, being capable of growing at a pH of -0.06. [2] Many of these organisms do not contain a cell wall, although this is not true in the case of Picrophilus . Most members of the Thermotoplasmata are thermophilic.
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) [3] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). [1]
16S rRNA based LTP_06_2022 [4] [5] [6] | 53 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 [7] [8] [9] |
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