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Thermoplasmataceae

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Thermoplasmataceae
Cuniculiplasma divulgatum
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Domain: Archaea
Kingdom: Methanobacteriati
Phylum: Thermoplasmatota
Class: Thermoplasmata
Order: Thermoplasmatales
Family: Thermoplasmataceae
Reysenbach, 2002
Genera
  • "Ca. Carboxiplasma"
  • Oxyplasma
  • "Ca. Scheffleriplasma"
  • Thermoplasma

Thermoplasmataceae is a family of archaeans in the order 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]

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]
Thermoplasmatales
Thermoplasmatales

Thermoplasma Darland et al. 1970

Cuniculiplasma corrig. Golyshina et al. 2016

Thermogymnomonas Itoh, Yoshikawa & Takashina 2007

Picrophilus Schleper et al. 1996

Acidiplasma corrig. Golyshina et al. 2009

Ferroplasma Golyshina et al. 2000

Thermoplasmataceae

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