Aeropyrum Explained

Aeropyrum is a genus of archaea in the family Desulfurococcaceae.^[1]

Etymology

The name Aeropyrum derives from:
Greek noun aer, aeros (ἀήρ, ἀέρος), air; Greek neuter gender noun pur, fire; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Aeropyrum, air fire, referring to the hyperthermophilic respirative character of the organism.

Species

The genus contains 2 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

• A. camini (Nakagawa et al. 2004; Latin genitive case noun camini, of a chimney, relating to its isolation from a hydrothermal vent chimney.)^[2]
• A. pernix (Sako et al. 1996, (Type species of the genus).; Latin neuter gender adjective pernix, nimble, active, agile, indicating high motility in microscopic inspection.) ^[3]

Further reading

• Nomura N . Sako Y . Uchida A . 1999 . Reevaluation of the phylogenetic depth of the marine aerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon Aeropyrum pernix based on comparative analysis of 23S rRNA sequences . Fisheries Science . 65 . 2 . 254–258 . 10.2331/fishsci.65.254 . free .
• Burggraf S . Huber H . Stetter KO . 1997 . Reclassification of the crenarchael orders and families in accordance with 16S rRNA sequence data . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 47 . 657–660 . 9226896 . 10.1099/00207713-47-3-657 . 3. free .
• Sako Y . Nomura N . Uchida A . Ishida Y . Morii H . Koga Y . Hoaki T . Maruyama T . 1996 . Aeropyrum pernix gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel aerobic hyperthermophilic archaeon growing at temperatures up to 100 degrees C . Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. . 46 . 1070–1077 . 8863437 . 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1070 . 4. free .
• Zillig W . Stetter KO . Prangishvilli D . Schafer W . Wunderl S . Janekovic D . Holz I . Palm P . 1982 . Desulfurococcaceae, the second family of the extremely thermophilic, anaerobic, sulfur-respiring Thermoproteales . Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. 1 Orig. . C3 . 304–317 .
• Daifuku. Takashi. Yoshida. Takashi. Kitamura. Takayuki. Kawaichi. Satoshi. Inoue. Takahiro. Nomura. Keigo. Yoshida. Yui. Kuno. Sotaro. Sako. Yoshihiko. Variation of the Virus-Related Elements within Syntenic Genomes of the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Aeropyrum. American Society for Microbiology. October 2013. 79. 19. 5891–5898. 10.1128/AEM.01089-13. 23872576. 3811351. 2013ApEnM..79.5891D.

Notes and References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Aeropyrum. Data extracted from the Web site: NCBI taxonomy resources . . 2007-03-19.
2. Nakagawa. S.. Aeropyrum camini sp. nov., a strictly aerobic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2004. 54. 2. 329–335. 10.1099/ijs.0.02826-0. 15023940. free.
3. Sako. Y.. Nomura. N.. Uchida. A.. Ishida. Y.. Morii. H.. Koga. Y.. Hoaki. T.. Maruyama. T.. Aeropyrum pernix gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Aerobic Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Growing at Temperatures up to 100 C. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 1996. 46. 4. 1070–1077. 10.1099/00207713-46-4-1070. 8863437. free.