Thermoplasmata Explained

In taxonomy, the Thermoplasmata are a class of the Euryarchaeota.

All are acidophiles, growing optimally at pH below 2. Picrophilus is currently the most acidophilic of all known organisms growing at a minimum pH of 0.06. Many of these organisms do not contain a cell wall, although this is not true in the case of Picrophilus. Most members of Thermoplasmata are thermophilic.

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[2]

See also

• List of Archaea genera

Further reading

Scientific journals

• Li. Chao Lun. Jiang. Yun Tao. Liu. Da Li. Qian. JieLei. Liang. Jing Ping. Shu. Rong. Prevalence and quantification of the uncommon Archaea phylotype Thermoplasmata in chronic periodontitis. Archives of Oral Biology. August 2014. 59. 8. 822–828. 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2014.05.011. 24859768.
• Poulsen. Morten. Schwab. Clarissa. Jensen. Bent Borg. Engberg. Ricarda M.. Spang. Anja. Canibe. Nuria. Hojberg. Ole. Methylotrophic methanogenic Thermoplasmata implicated in reduced methane emissions from bovine rumen. Nature Communications. June 2013. 4. 1428. 1947 . 10.1038/ncomms2847. 2013NatCo...4.1947P. free.
• 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: Reysenbach, AL . 2001 . Class IV. Thermoplasmata class. nov. . Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria . 2nd . DR Boone . RW Castenholz . Springer Verlag . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . 169 . registration . https://archive.org/details/bergeysmanualofs00boon/page/169 .
• 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 . Springer Verlag . New York . 978-0-387-98771-2 . 169 . registration . https://archive.org/details/bergeysmanualofs00boon/page/169 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: J.P. Euzéby . Thermoplasmata . 2015-08-20 . List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN).
2. Web site: Sayers. etal. Thermoplasmata . 2015-08-20 . National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database.
3. Web site: The LTP . 10 May 2023.
4. Web site: LTP_all tree in newick format. 10 May 2023.
5. Web site: LTP_06_2022 Release Notes. 10 May 2023.
6. Web site: GTDB release 08-RS214 . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
7. Web site: ar53_r214.sp_label . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.
8. Web site: Taxon History . Genome Taxonomy Database. 10 May 2023.