Aciduliprofundum Explained

Aciduliprofundum is a genus of the Euryarchaeota.^[1]

A. boonei, is an extremophile, a thermoacidophilic archaeon that lives in oceanic deep-sea hydrothermal vents, that has been shown to produce antibiotics against common pathogenic bacteria.^[2] It is one of a group of euryarchaeotes classed as DHVE2 – Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Euryarchaeota 2, and the only one to be isolated.^[3] It is extremely widespread and yet has not been able to be cultivated.^[4] For this reason it may sometimes have the taxonomic addition of Candidatus to its name - meaning a candidate for, until proven.

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

Scientific journals

• Cavalier-Smith . T . 2002 . The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification . Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. . 52 . 7–76 . 11837318 . Pt 1 . 10.1099/00207713-52-1-7. free .
• Woese CR, Kandler O, Wheelis ML . 1990 . Towards a natural system of organisms: proposal for the domains Archaea, Bacteria, and Eucarya . Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA . 87 . 4576–4579 . 2112744 . 10.1073/pnas.87.12.4576 . 12 . 54159 . 1990PNAS...87.4576W. free .

Scientific books

• Book: Garrity GM, Holt JG . 2001 . Phylum AII. Euryarchaeota phy. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria . 2nd . DR Boone . RW Castenholz . . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . registration .

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Aciduliprofundum. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Web site: Life's extremists may be an untapped source of antibacterial drugs.
3. Flores. GE. Wagner. ID. Liu. Y. Reysenbach. AL. Distribution, abundance, and diversity patterns of the thermoacidophilic "deep-sea hydrothermal vent euryarchaeota 2".. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2012. 3. 47. 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00047. 22363325. 3282477. free.
4. Reysenbach. AL. Liu. Y. Banta. AB. Beveridge. TJ. Kirshtein. JD. Schouten. S. Tivey. MK. Von Damm. KL. Voytek. MA. A ubiquitous thermoacidophilic archaeon from deep-sea hydrothermal vents.. Nature. 27 July 2006. 442. 7101. 444–7. 10.1038/nature04921. 16871216. 2006Natur.442..444R. 1912/1408. 4315587. free.