Picrophilus oshimae explained

Picrophilus oshimae is a species of Archaea described in 1996.^[1] Picrophilus oshimae was found in a fumarole in Hokkaido, Japan. The hot spring the fumarole was located in had a pH of 2.2.^[2]

See also

• Picrophilus torridus

Further reading

• L. C. M. van de Vossenberg. Jack. J. M. Driessen. Arnold. Zillig. Wolfram. Konings. W. N.. Bioenergetics and cytoplasmic membrane stability of the extremely acidophilic, thermophilic archaeon Picrophilus oshimae. Extremophiles. May 1998. 2. 2. 67–74. 10.1007/s007920050044. 9672680. 13181294.
• Angelov. Angel. Voss. Jo ̈rn. Liebl. Wolfgang. Characterization of Plasmid pPO1 from the Hyperacidophile Picrophilus oshimae. Archaea. 21 July 2011. 2011. 723604. 10.1155/2011/723604. 21941462. 3177234 . free .
• Antranikian. Garabed. Serour. Ehab. Novel thermoactive glucoamylases from the thermoacidophilic Archaea Thermoplasma acidophilum, Picrophilus torridus and Picrophilus oshimae. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. August 2002. 81. 1–4. 73–83. 10.1023/A:1020525525490. 12448707. 20337648.

External links

• Type strain of Picrophilus oshimae at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Schleper. Pühler. Klenk. Zillig. amp. July 1996. Picrophilus oshimae and Picrophilus tomdus fam. nov., gen. nov., sp. nov., Two Species of Hyperacidophilic, Thermophilic, Heterotrophic, Aerobic Archae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 46. 3. 814–816. 1466-5034. 807119723. 10.1099/00207713-46-3-814. free.
2. Book: Protein Adaptation in Extremophiles. Siddiqui . Thomas. Nova Publishers. 2008. Thermoacidophiles and their Protein Adaptation to Low pH and High Temperature. 9781604560190. https://books.google.com/books?id=edKLDbKKZ1MC&q=%22Picrophilus+oshimae%22&pg=PA144. 31 October 2013.